A basement fire tore through a three-story home on Detroit's Hubbard Street late Monday night, sending a firefighter and two residents to local hospitals. All three occupants had already made it out of the house before crews arrived, but the blaze still left one firefighter injured in a fall while battling the flames.
The Detroit Fire Department was called to the 1000 block of Hubbard Street at about 11:41 p.m. Monday, according to CBS News Detroit. The home sits near Clark Park and just north of the Fisher Freeway, a stretch of the city that has seen its share of fire calls this year.
By the time firefighters arrived, all three people who had been inside the home were already out. The fire itself had started in the basement, though the Detroit Fire Department's investigation team has not yet determined what sparked it, and the cause remains under review, per the same report.
Firefighter Hurt While Battling the Flames
One firefighter was injured in a fall while fighting the fire and was taken to Detroit Receiving Hospital, where the department reported the firefighter in stable condition. Two of the home's occupants were treated by Detroit Fire and EMS personnel at the scene and transported to Henry Ford Hospital; their injuries were not believed to be life-threatening. A third occupant was not reported injured, the report notes.
Falls have become a recurring hazard for Detroit firefighters working inside burning structures. In October 2025, a firefighter working an east-side house fire fell through the first-floor level into the basement, suffering burns and minor injuries, according to The Detroit News. That fire's cause was also under investigation at the time.
A Pattern of Injuries Across the City
Other recent Detroit fires have produced similar falls and injuries among crews. A late-night house fire on McQuade Street left one man dead after he was found inside the home, and a firefighter suffered a back injury after falling from the second floor into the basement, FOX 2 Detroit reported. Separately, a fire at the Garden on Webb apartment complex displaced 12 residents from four units and left a firefighter hospitalized with an ankle injury before being treated and released, according to WXYZ. That same apartment fire sent a 53-year-old man and 55-year-old woman to Detroit Receiving Hospital in serious condition for smoke inhalation, per the station's report.
The citywide numbers help explain why falls and injuries keep showing up in these incident reports. The City of Detroit has said the Detroit Fire Department responded to 3,237 structure fires in 2025, with 1,471 of those requiring active firefighting operations, and that fire-related injuries climbed 32% from the year before, according to a statement posted on detroitmi.gov. Fatalities, the city noted, remained roughly on par with 2024 even as the injury count rose.
No further details have been released about the condition of the two residents taken to Henry Ford Hospital or about what ultimately caused the Hubbard Street fire. The Detroit Fire Department's investigation team continues to review the scene.
