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DEVELOPING STORY: 11.20PM GMT UPDATE FROM FOX2 DETROIT: Oakland Hills Country Club says it salvaged most trophies, other memorabilia from fire
SNOW CAUSING THE FIRE SERVICE PROBLEMS IN PUTTING THE FIRE OUT, WHICH IS STILL BURNING AT POINTS WITHIN THE BUILDING OVER 8 HOURS AFTER IT STARTED. CREWS ARE BEING CHANGED IN AND OUT TO ENSURE FIRE SERVICE MEMBERS ARE FIT AND WELL TO TACKLE THE FIRE. 3500-4000 GALLONS PER MINUTE OF WATER BEING PUT ON THE FIRE, AND THE BUILDING HAS COLLAPSED IN PLACES. FIRE CHIEF JOHN LEROY SAYS THE BUILDING WILL HAVE TO BE ENTIRELY REBUILT.
5.45PM GMT
THE WORLD OF GOLF IS IN SHOCK THIS EVENING AFTER A DEVASTATING FIRE RIPPED THROUGH THE MAGNIFICENT OLD CLUBHOUSE AT OAKLAND HILLS COUNTRY CLUB IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN. THE 6 TIME US OPEN, 3 TIME PGA CHAMPIONSHIP AND 2004 RYDER CUP VENUE REOPENED IN 2021 AFTER EXTENSIVE RENOVATIONS.
THIS IS FROM FOX 2 IN DETROIT, USA:
SNOW CAUSING THE FIRE SERVICE PROBLEMS IN PUTTING THE FIRE OUT, WHICH IS STILL BURNING AT POINTS WITHIN THE BUILDING OVER 8 HOURS AFTER IT STARTED. CREWS ARE BEING CHANGED IN AND OUT TO ENSURE FIRE SERVICE MEMBERS ARE FIT AND WELL TO TACKLE THE FIRE. 3500-4000 GALLONS PER MINUTE OF WATER BEING PUT ON THE FIRE, AND THE BUILDING HAS COLLAPSED IN PLACES. FIRE CHIEF JOHN LEROY SAYS THE BUILDING WILL HAVE TO BE ENTIRELY REBUILT.
5.45PM GMT
THE WORLD OF GOLF IS IN SHOCK THIS EVENING AFTER A DEVASTATING FIRE RIPPED THROUGH THE MAGNIFICENT OLD CLUBHOUSE AT OAKLAND HILLS COUNTRY CLUB IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN. THE 6 TIME US OPEN, 3 TIME PGA CHAMPIONSHIP AND 2004 RYDER CUP VENUE REOPENED IN 2021 AFTER EXTENSIVE RENOVATIONS.
THIS IS FROM FOX 2 IN DETROIT, USA:
BLOOMFIELD TWP, Mich. (FOX 2) - The Bloomfield Township Fire Departments and Southfield Fire Departments have been called to a massive fire at the Oakland Hills Country Club Thursday morning and, according to video from the scene, the fire is raging.
The call for the massive fire came in around 10 a.m. A spokesperson from the Bloomfield Township Fire Department told FOX 2 that every single firefighter from the department is on the scene.
A short time later, the Southfield Fire Department was called in for mutual aid.
It's unknown how the fire started or if anyone was hurt.
FIRE CREWS HAVE STATED THAT THE FIRE IS STILL BEING TACKLED, THEY ARRIVED SHORTLY AFTER 9.15AM THIS MORNING LOCAL TIME TO A SMOKY SCENE AND THE FIRE IN THE ATTIC QUICKLY SPREAD ACROSS THE BUILDING. PARTS OF THE BUILDING HAVE BEEN EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED, WITH FIRE CREWS ATTEMPTING TO SAVE THE WINGS OF THE BUILDING. IT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE SECOND LARGEST WOOD-FRAMED BUILDING IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE DUE TO THE VAST SIZE OF THE BUILDING, SAID THE LOCAL FIRE CHIEF JOHN LEROY. OVER A DOZEN FIRE CREWS ARE IN ATTENDANCE. THE FIRE IS NOT YET UNDER CONTROL AS OF 12.44PM LOCAL TIME. THE WEATHER IS POSING SEVERE PROBLEMS FOR THE FIRE SERVICE, WITH HIGH WINDS AND SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. THE CENTRE OF THE BUILDING HAS BEEN COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
ANOTHER BRIEFING IS DUE FROM THE FIRE SERVICE AT 8PM GMT.
ANOTHER BRIEFING IS DUE FROM THE FIRE SERVICE AT 8PM GMT.
