ROTHBURY, MI -- A tower that filtered power to the "old" section of the Double JJ Resort in Rothbury where a huge festival is about to kick off this week, burned completely after a fire quickly ripped through it Monday, June 22.

Several fire departments responded around 11 a.m. to the entrance at Clay Road and South Water Road, which led to the fire off a dirt two-track behind Electric Forest festival tents.

A two-story, wood-framed structure burned quickly, said Grant Township Assistant Fire Chief Bruce Townsend. No one was injured, he said, but the two-story building will not be repairable.

The still-smoldering, blackened building located under large pine and cedar trees was extinguished quickly, Townsend said, as the gas meter remained a fiery ball until utility officials could get on site.

Townsend said the structure that burned is known as the "power tower" that provided power to the older sections of the Double JJ Ranch.

"It got power to some housing, the kitchen nook, game room and an old laundromat," he said.

He said the tree limbs above the building caught fire as well, which provided an issue for firefighters trying to suppress flames from the building.

"That was a major obstacle: the utilities," he said. The gas meter was purposefully not extinguished, Townsend said, because they didn't want "raw natural gas escaping into the air" and causing additional issues.

Electric Forest workers continued prepping for the big festival kicking off this week Thursday, June 25, and an official who declined to be named said the festival won't be affected by the fire.

The festival is scheduled to take place at the Double JJ from June 25-28. More than 35,000 people from throughout the United States and Canada attended last year's festival.

Meanwhile, the cause of the fire remained under investigation. Townsend said a fire investigator from Hart will be looking over the scene today.

Initially, the fire was called in as an explosion, but Townsend said he wasn't certain that is actually how the fire occurred.

Shelby-Benona Fire and Montague Fire District assisted at the scene.

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Heather Lynn Peters covers police and fire, and writes a statewide food column, The Spunky Kitchen, for MLive/Muskegon Chronicle. Email her at hpeters@mlive.com and follow her on Twitter @HLPNEWS.