Woman in critical condition after garage/house fire

EMMETT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – A fire at a home in Calhoun County overnight leaves one woman in the hospital.

Crews were called to the 200 block of Cherokee Street in Emmett Township for of a fully involved garage fire just after 1 a.m. Sunday.

When they got there the flames had already spread to the house.

We’re told a 60-year-old woman in the house did manage to get out but was seriously burned.

She was first transported to a hospital in Battle Creek before being taken to Bronson in Kalamazoo and is listed in critical condition.

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The cause of the fire remains under investigation, but firefighters believe it was caused by an electrical short in the garage.