Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
FLAMES ENGULF the grandstands at the Gogebic County Fairgrounds in Ironwood during a Tuesday morning fire that was speculated to have been started by sparks from a torch used to cut metal parts of the structure as it was being torn down. The blaze destroyed the grandstands, as well as the 4-H barn behind it and the hay barn directly north of the grandstands.
By P.J. GLISSON
IRONWOOD - Swiftly moving fire on Tuesday morning destroyed three structures at the Gogebic County Fairgrounds in Ironwood.
The grandstands, the 4-H horse barn and a hay barn all burned to the ground in little more than an hour, with only rubble left flickering.
"On Sept. 26, 2023, at approximately 9:58 a.m., on-duty Ironwood Public Safety Officers received a report of a fire at the Gogebic County Fairgrounds," said a news release from the Ironwood Public Safety Department.
"Additional members of the IPSD fire division were paged," continued the release...
