Fatal Fire In Highland Park – Dispatch Audio

12 Year Old Boy Dies In Highland Park Blaze

Highland Park, Michigan: 0500am November 20 2017 – Fatal house fire in Highland Park, Michigan. Companies from the Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland Park Fire Departments were called to the 200 block of Connecticut in Highland Park early Monday morning on reports of an occupied dwelling fire.

Arriving companies found the 2 story dwelling fully involved.

Detroit Fire’s Central Dispatch had advised responding companies that 2 civilians might still be inside the burning house.

Searches were conducted and a 12 year old boy was found in an attic bedroom by 8th Battalion firefighters from Engine 44.

The 12 year old boy succumbed to his injuries and a young girl was injured, her condition is unknown.

Engine 35 issued a disposition of “undetermined” as the cause of the fire. Highland Park fire investigators continue to investigate.

Detroit, Hamtramck & Highland Park Fire Department Companies On The Fire:

Hamtramck Fire Ladder 1
Highland Park Fire Engine 1
Highland Park Fire Engine 3
Detroit Fire Engine 35
Detroit Fire Engine 44
Detroit Fire Engine 40
Detroit Fire Engine 56
Detroit Fire Ladder 18
Detroit Fire Squad 5
Detroit Fire Battalion Chief 8

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