WRIGHT TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Firefighters from Chester Township, Hudsonville, Coopersville/Polkton, and more responded to help Wright/Tallmadge Fire Department battle a house fire early Tuesday morning.
The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office (OCSO) says it started just before 4 a.m. on 28th Ave just north of Roosevelt in Conklin.
"From what we are learning so far, sounds like a neighbor's dog woke up their kid, and then the kids saw the fire, so then they called it in, and when our first crew got here, there's fire coming out of every part of it already," the Deputy Fire Chief for Wright/Talmadge Fire Department, Jon Alkema told us. "
FOX 17 found responders had hooked up to a nearby farm irrigation well and were trucking in water because of how far they were from a water source.
But that'st nothing out of the ordinary in this area.
"I would say probably 90% of our response district is 'no hydros'," Alkema said.
The crews in this area are prepared for it, carrying adapters that will allow them to use the same systems that water farm fields as defacto hydrants, then using the tankers from assisting crews as a modern-day bucket brigade.
No one was hurt in the fire, OCSO told us.
The fire and hotspots were out by about 9 a.m.; only the investigation into the cause is left for the crews there.
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