Cause Of Van Buren County Fire Under Investigation

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The cause of a house fire in Van Buren County’s Geneva Township on Monday remains under investigation. South Haven Area Emergency Services tells us firefighters were called out to County Road 687 near 16th Avenue around 1:45 p.m. The residents at the home escaped without injury. Firefighters were able to contain the blaze to the rear of the structure with some aid from the Bangor Community Fire Department. South Haven Area Emergency Services tells us this was the first fire for the department’s new Ladder One truck. It was also the department’s fourth response to a working house fire in the past month.