Fire destroyed the Whitetail Cabin at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park on Friday, May 22nd, prompting a response from multiple volunteer fire departments.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources requested assistance from local volunteer fire departments to control the blaze inside the park. The Ontonagon Village Fire Department reports crews met with the Carp Lake Fire Department to provide mutual aid around 10:30 p.m.
Volunteers could see visible smoke while en route to the site. Due to the remote location, only one brush truck and personal pickup trucks carrying portable pumps and wildland hoses were used to extinguish the fire.
A southerly wind kept embers flying toward the lake. Portable pumps were set up along the shore of Lake Superior, and hose was run 50 feet to the cabin location.
The Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park has advised that staff will contact campers about their reservations at the Whitetail Cabin.
