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Firefighters battle Escanaba fire for almost eight hours

ESCANABA, MI--   An Escanaba house is a total loss following a fire Monday night. 

The Escanaba Department of Public Safety was dispatched just after 11 p.m. to the 1200 block of 1st Avenue North on a report of a kitchen fire. All residents were outside of the house when firefighters arrived.

The entire back of the house became fully engulfed. It took firefighters nearly eight hours to extinguish the blaze.

No injuries were reported.

A house within two feet of the residence sustained no damage.

The fire is still under investigation.

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.