Midland Fire Department Battalion Chief Ronald Shaffer works a mobile home fire at 412 Dyke Drive in Midland. One resident was home at the time of the fire but was uninjured. A police investigator was called for by responding emergency crews.

Smoke rises from a fully engulfed home as Jerome Township firefighters battle the blaze on Huckleberry Road between 11 Mile Road and North Castor Road. The home was a total loss.

Firefighters prepare to fight the fire that swept through a home on North Swede Road. Firefighters from Mills, Hope, Larkin, and Garfield responded to the blaze that engulfed Rodney and Kim Sweet's home.

John Caffrey, a paramedic with the MidMichigan Medical Center–Midland, holds a cat that was pulled from a fire at 2430 West River Road in Sanford. "He was barely breathing," paramedic Al Coutts said. "We gave him a lot of oxygen." The fire was called in to Central Dispatch around 7:45 p.m. and Jerome Township Fire Department firefighters and the Mid Michigan Medical Center paramedics responded. On scene, they found heavy smoke and fire in the back of the residence. No one was home at the time of the fire. Three cats and a dog were rescued and taken to the Humane Society of Midland County.

A fire destroys a lakefront home in Sanford. The family was gone at the time of the fire. Strong wind and cold temperatures made it difficult to fight the fire.

Will Rettelle, 17, talks with WNEM TV 5 outside of the fire damaged 510 building at the Village of Joseph's Run apartment complex. Rettelle, who lives in the neighboring building, was helping his friend, Jeremy Rodgers, salvage his water and fire damaged belongings.

Jeremy Rodgers, 18, salvages his Revolutionary War reenactors uniform from his bedroom in the 510 building at the Village of Joseph's Run apartment complex. "I thought my room was going to be gone," Rodgers said. "So I'm happy just to have anything." Rodgers is an avid history buff and he lost many of his books to water damage.

Smoke from the home on 3407 West Chippewa River Road in Shepherd belonging to Bud Smith rises up through the trees. Smith was working on remodeling a bathroom in the home when his girlfriend, Andrea Nartker, alerted him to flames creeping up the chimney. "There was smoke real quick," Smith said. Lee, Midland, Homer and Shepherd township fire departments all responded to the blaze.

A firefighter battles the blaze at Eastman Auto Inc. at 1790 S. Meridian Road. The road was closed as multiple fire departments arrived to fight the fire.