6/6/20 - Lansing house fire, 100 block E. Mt Hope

Just before 10:45 PM on Sunday, June 6, 2020, a car travelling at a high rate of speed on E. Mt Hope Rd lost control. The car struck a utility pole, a tree, parked vehicles, and several houses before stopping in the driveway of a house in the 100 block. The debris caught fire and immediately spread to the house. Arriving Lansing firefighters were confronted with a rapidly spreading fire in an occupied home, power lines across the road, 3 blocks of debris to search for potential victims and the safety of a large crowd of bystanders. Crews were able to bring the fire under control quickly and keep it from spreading to nearby houses. All occupants of the home were evacuated safely. A family pet was rescued and treated with oxygen at the scene. The driver of the car was located deceased. Other vehicles involved were unoccupied at the time of the incident.