Photos: Crews Control Melvindale (MI) House Fire

Firefighters perform vertical ventilation on the roof of a house fire

Fire photographer Ian Kushnir shared some photos from the scene of a recent house fire in Melvindale, Michigan.

Firefighters responded to this working house fire with smoke showing. Engine 5 reported that the fire was in the knee wall and that the roof needed to be vented. Crews battled the fire and the over 90° temps. Relief crews were brought in from Station 2. 

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