Midtown Mall shut down after fire starts in hallway
Midtown Mall in Iron Mountain had to be shut down late Friday afternoon due to a fire in a hallway. The Super One grocery store at one end of the mall was allowed to reopen later in the evening. (Betsy Bloom/Daily News photo)
The Iron Mountain Fire Department was called to Midtown Mall in Iron Mountain about 4:30 p.m. Friday for a fire in a hallway. (Submitted photo)
Midtown Mall in Iron Mountain had to be shut down late Friday afternoon due to a fire in a hallway. The Super One grocery store at one end of the mall was allowed to reopen later in the evening. (Betsy Bloom/Daily News photo)
The Iron Mountain Fire Department was called to Midtown Mall in Iron Mountain about 4:30 p.m. Friday for a fire in a hallway. (Submitted photo)
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IRON MOUNTAIN -- The whole of Midtown Mall, including the Super One grocery store at the east end, had to be shut down and evacuated late Friday afternoon due to a fire in a hallway.
Super One, 1118 S. Stephenson Ave., was allowed to reopen just before 6 p.m., after about 90 minutes of waving off customers, Assistant Manager Scott Junek said. But the rest of the mall remained closed.
While the fire had little effect on the Super One end, the store was asked to evacuate "just to be on the safe side," Junek said.
A customer who was at Harbor Freight about 4:20 p.m. Friday said he saw smoke, then was told to leave a short time later along with others in the store.
He said he looked through mall windows from outside to see what appeared to be decorated cardboard boxes in the hallway that were "burning up." Another man grabbed a fire extinguisher from his truck but that effort was unsuccessful, he said.
The fire created a lot of smoke in that section of the hallway, he added.
An Iron Mountain Fire Department official on site provided few details but did confirm the fire was in a hallway. It was out, he said, and the situation considered under control.
The Michigan State Police Fire Investigation Unit had been contacted, the IMFD official said.
A more complete statement on the fire was expected to be issued today.
Along with Super One and Harbor Freight, Midtown Mall businesses include Signature Design, Glik's, AT&T, The Drug Store, Nail Design and Anytime Fitness, plus the Armed Forces Recruitment Center. On the other side of Harbor Freight are the Secretary of State License Bureau and Grayson & Co. Jewelers.