- Date
- 2003-12
- Kind
- Disaster
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- fireemergency-managementcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In December 2003 the Beaver Island Fire Department responded to a house fire on Tom McCauley’s Road. The report says stacked wood caught from a chimney spark or poorly placed ashes, and firefighters controlled the incident before it became a larger tragedy.
Evidence limits
The brief newspaper account does not provide a formal incident report, damage estimate, or confirmed cause.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, January 2004, “The BIFD Rolls Again”.Reports the December fire call at a Tom McCauley Road house, likely caused by a chimney spark or ashes, and the department’s coordinated response. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2004-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the January 2004 report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-01_Beaver-Beacon
Added 5 August 2026 · revised 7 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island firefighters contain a Tom McCauley Road house fire”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-bifd-tom-mccauley-road-fire-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2004, “The BIFD Rolls Again”. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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