PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Portage Public Safety officers are looking into the cause of a fire that broke out in the basement of a home.
Firefighters were dispatched to the 2000 block of Winters Drive west of Portage Road in Portage around 8:30 p.m. Thursday where they found a two story residential home with heavy smoke coming from the front door.
Crews located the fire in the basement and had it extinguished within 20 minutes.
All residents were outside the structure at the time and there were no reports of injuries. The estimated fire damage is valued at $50,000.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Anyone with information should contact the Portage Department of Public Safety at 269-329-4567 or Silent Observer at 269-343-2100 or online at www.kalamazoosilentobserver.com.
