Police & Fire: 7 departments battle grass fire, firefighter suffers gunshot wound

FIRE/SHOOTING: Seven fire departments fought a grass fire most of the afternoon Monday and before it was over one firefighter suffered a gunshot wound. Emmett Township firefighters were called at 2:28 p.m. to investigate smoke along I-94. Firefighters first found a small grass fire along Council Crest Circle on the north side of Beadle Lake. But then firefighters located a larger fire on the north side of I-94. Lt. Ken Cunningham said the fire was in some woods and fields and covered several acres. Firefighters from Athens, Veterans Affairs Fire Department, Pennfield Township, Marshall Township, Newton Township and Leroy Township all assisted Emmett Township. About 7 p.m. a firefighter from Athens suffered an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound to the groin. He was brought to the highway and taken by Lifecare Ambulance to Bronson Battle Creek for treatment of non-life threatening injury, Cunningham said.

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