CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A family is trying to piece their lives together after a firework nearly destroyed their Macomb County home.
No one was seriously injured, but the home was significantly damaged.
It happened in Chesterfield Township at about 11 p.m. Thursday, July 4.
The family had moved into the house two months ago and had just finished buying the furniture.
The garage, roof and second floor were almost entirely destroyed.
The fire department said the firework landed on a shed and the fire spread to the home.
The blaze was so hot that the house next door had parts of its siding melt.
A firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion and thanks to the neighbors who ran into the burning house, no one else was seriously injured.
The fire department believes the house can be restored.