SMOKE RISES FROM a fire in a warehouse at Resolute Forest Products in Menominee. (City of Marinette Police photo)

MENOMINEE, Mich. — A massive fire at Resolute Forest Products in Menominee forced county officials to declare a local emergency and sent dense smoke into communities on both sides of the Michigan-Wisconsin border.

A spokesman for Resolute Forest Products said the fire began about 11 p.m. Thursday in a warehouse that contained pulp and waste paper.

No injuries were reported. Five fire departments were called in to fight the blaze overnight, the Stephenson Fire Department said.

Menominee County and the Office of Emergency Management declared the local state of emergency and asked that the public avoid the area as crews continued to work at the fire well into Friday.

Residents in adjacent Marinette, Wis., were advised to remain indoors and shelter in place due to the smoke, though that alert was lifted at 6 p.m. Friday.

The fire began at a warehouse Montreal-based Resolute Forest Products rents from KK Integrated Logistics on the site of Resolute’s Menominee recycled pulp mill along the Menominee River, said David Marshall, a company spokesman. He said the fire was under control by Friday morning, “although smoke is still billowing due to smoldering in the warehouse.”

The paper mill makes paper pulp and employs nearly a hundred people, according to the company’s website, which states Resolute Forest Products is a leading producer of lumber, newsprint and other wood products.