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Vehicle catches fire in Ishpeming

ISHPEMING, MI--   The Marquette County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a car fire in the city of Ishpeming.

Thursday morning around 6:00 deputies, along with members of the Ishpeming Fire Department, Ishpeming 

Township Fire Department, and Rescue 131 were dispatched to Northridge Lane and found the Ford Fusion engulfed. The fire was extinguished, but no driver was found at the scene.

Officials say the car was apparently northbound on Northridge Lane when it left the roadway and struck several trees before coming to rest on the driver’s side.

Ishpeming Police and State Police from the Negaunee Post assisted deputies at the scene.

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.