Large bonfire mistaken for structure fire in Leslie, Leslie MI

Fire & Arson

Reported: 9/30/2025 04:33 PM

W Bellevue St & N Sherman St, Leslie, MI 49251

Multiple fire departments and an ambulance responded to reports of large flames and smoke near North Sherman Street and West Bellevue Street in Leslie. On arrival, the fire was determined to be a large bonfire, not a structure fire, and mutual aid was cancelled.

Audio|Source: Ingham County Fire and EMS

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Transcript:

00:00

Leslie Fire, Honodigga Fire, Mason Fire, an MMR ambulance for a possible structure fire, near North Sherman St and West Bellevue St.

00:17

Audega Fire, Mason Fire, and MMR ambulances start for a possible structure fire.

00:24

It's going to be near North Sherman St and West Bellevue St.

00:30

Caller is seeing black smoke with 20 plus foot tall flames from the distance through the trees.

00:39

Unknown if it's coming from a house at this time.

00:43

All units are going to be switching over to Fireground 1, Fireground 1, center through 1933.

00:49

408, okay?

00:52

Fire dispatch, 701 is clear on the call, and I'm en route.

00:56

701, okay, so you in route and switch over fire ground 1.

01:00

Mason Fire Dispatch, we're clear to call.

01:03

Mason Fire, okay.

01:09

701's on fire ground one.

01:13

7.01 okay, so you're not to North Sherman and West Bellevue.

01:20

For more information, the caller seeing this from near West Valley St and a dollar tree parking lot.

01:27

The dispatcher, so 8.02 now.

01:29

8.2 okay, show you the turnover fire ground one.

01:34

8.02 on fire ground 1.

01:37

802 okay. So you're out.

01:43

7.01 Center. 7.01.

01:50

I have one of my personnel on scene, along with Leslie PD.

01:54

It's a bonfire. You can cancel all mutual aid.

01:59

You want Leslie cancellation tones as well or just Mason and Autodega cancellation tones for a lot more.

02:06

At this time, Jess Mason and on a day,

02:09

yes. All right.

02:11

Do you want MMR to continue as well?

02:14

Negative.

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W Bellevue St & N Sherman St, Leslie, MI 49251

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