GRFD puts out Wyoming house fire

WYOMING, Mich. (WOOD) - Grand Rapids firefighters crossed city lines and helped fight a fire in Wyoming early Saturday evening.

Early reports indicated four children were trapped inside, but that information was incorrect, and everyone's been accounted for at the house on the 1100 block of De Boer Street SW near Chicago Drive.

Wyoming crews were already fighting a house fire on Wyoming Street near Chicago Drive when that second fire call came in a little before 7 p.m.

Wyoming Fire Chief Bob Austin said calling in a neighboring department is a reality smaller departments face.

"Fortunately this doesn't happen all the time, but when it does, we have to rely on mutual aid," Austin told 24 Hour News 8.

Investigators are still looking into how the De Boer Street fire started.

The Red Cross is helping families at both locations find a place to stay.