MANISTIQUE, MI— A Manistique man has died from injuries sustained in a house fire on Sunday.
Public Safety officers were called just before 2 a.m. to the 200 block of Range Street. When they arrived, 88-year-old Orvill Erickson had been pulled out of the house by neighbors. He had sustained serious burns.
Erickson was taken to Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital, then airlifted to University Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. He succumbed to his injuries early Tuesday morning.
Public Safety and the Michigan State Police Fire Investigation Unit are looking into the cause of the fire.
Officials say there’s no indication of foul play.
