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Fire investigators no longer in Calumet

The on-site portion of the investigation into Calumet’s Fifth Street Fire has wrapped up. Village Manager Caleb Katz says that the Michigan State Police fire marshall and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives will continue to work to identify the cause of the blaze, but have completed gathering evidence.

Fifth Street is open entirely, but fencing still surrounds the affected lots. Katz is asking people to continue to refrain from trying to take any items from the ruins. The village is still exploring the option of adding a sturdier perimeter.

Katz says federal relief will be hard to come by.

For it to be a federal disaster declaration, it has to be like $15 million I think in damage, so we obviously wouldn’t meet that threshold. I do have a call out to FEMA to see if they can find anything. We’ve also reached out to the USDA to see if they have any funding or grants available.

The same is true for assistance at the state level.

It’s gonna get tough to get any disaster relief from them just because it’s all privately held property, and usually the state only puts that towards publicly held.

The Calumet Downtown Development Authority meets next week. The Village Council has a work session.

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