5. 13. 09 News Stories

Wood tv 8

EAST GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) – If not for the quick action of public safety officers and firefighters from East Grand Rapids and Grand Rapids, Kristen Marie Sternberger is not sure what the outcome would have been.

She was appreciative for the firefighters’ efforts as she left the East Grand Rapids public safety building Wednesday afternoon.

About 12 hours earlier, she was standing on the roof of the home she shares with two others, waiting for rescue.

“I saw flames coming from the back of the house,” Sternberger said.

There was only one way out.

“I kicked the screen out and got on the roof,” she said.

An East Grand Rapids public safety officer on patrol was first on the scene at the house in the 2200 block of Lake Drive.
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WZZM

EAST GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WZZM) – One person is hospitalized and two others had to be rescued after their home was engulfed in flames early Wednesday morning.

The fire started around 3:30 a.m. on Lake Drive, right across the street from East Grand Rapids High School.

Authorities spotted a woman, Kristen Sternberger, and a dog on the roof of the house. Captain Chuck Lark of the E.G.R. Public Safety, “When they arrived there was a woman and dog on the roof. Our officers were able to get her off from the roof. They made an aggressive interior attack on the fire.” They also said inside they found a man, Jesse Grenn, on the first floor and another upstairs.

The man on the second floor, Colin Grenn, was unconscious and had to be resuscitated. He was taken to Spectrum Butterworth Hospital with serious injuries from smoke inhalation. He was later moved to the Blodgett Hospital burn unit and remains in critical condition.
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EAST GRAND RAPIDS — A young man is in critical condition this morning after being rescued from a burning home on Lake Drive SE near East Grand Rapids High School.

His name was not released pending notification of family. He was taken to Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital, then transferred to Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital, which has a burn unit.

Firefighters rescued the victim’s brother from the first floor, along with a woman who sought refuge with her dog on the roof of the two-story house at 2214 Lake Drive SE. Both people called 911 to report the 3:45 a.m. blaze that caused extensive damage to the house, East Grand Rapids Public Safety Capt. Chuck Lark said.

An investigator is on the scene this morning trying to determine a cause.

Those inside the house were believed to be sleeping when the fire broke out. Firefighters were trying to determine whether smoke detectors sounded. The fire likely burned for some time before anyone noticed and called for help.
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