MARQUETTE, MI— Officials are investigating a fire in a Marquette building.
City firefighters were dispatched Thursday around 5:20 p.m. to 136 West Baraga Avenue. Crews knocked down fire on the first floor and conducted a search of the building. No one was in the residence at the time.
Fire had spread to the second floor. Flames there were extinguished within 20 minutes.
Two birds were rescued from a second-floor apartment.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation. A Michigan State Police Fire Investigator was called in to assist.
