Ontonagon man's house burns 2 days after death

ONTONAGON — The home of an Ontonagon man who died two days before, burned to the ground on Saturday.

Ontonagon Village fire official Jim Miles said he is “leaning to a heating involvement fire” which destroyed the home of the late Robert Anderson Saturday.

Miles said the fire department received a call Saturday at 6:17 p.m. and when they arrived at the home at 718 N. 17th St., the building was heavily involved in flames with fire coming out of the roof and windows. He said 2 feet of snow on the roof hampered firemen, but probably kept the fire from spreading to any of the surrounding woody are...