Longtime Lansing business Paramount Coffee Co. suffers damage in morning fire
LANSING – Longtime Lansing business Paramount Coffee Co. suffered damage Tuesday morning after a fire broke out about 8 a.m.
Firefighters were called to the company facility at 130 N. Larch St. as smoke poured from the roofline of the cinder block and brick building across the street from Jackson Stadium, home of the Lansing Lugnuts.
Firefighters were fighting the fire from both inside the building and the roof. The fire affected the southern wing of the building.
Lansing Fire Department Battalion Chief Ward Morris-Spidle said the fire was reported shortly after 8 a.m. When firefighters arrived, heavy smoke was showing on the south side of the building.
Morris-Spidle said there was an apparent fire in a hopper, a container used to store coffee to roast.
The majority of the fire was extinguished, but firefighters were still active at the scene about 9:15 a.m., he said.
There were no injuries reported, he said.
North Larch Street at East Michigan Avenue was closed for over an hour due to the fire and reopened shortly before 10 a.m.
Paramount officials did not immediately respond to a phone message left for them by the State Journal.
Paramount Coffee Co. opened in 1935 near downtown Lansing. It has served the community since, creating a “Victory Blend” during World War II to support war efforts, and is one of the largest coffee roasters in the Midwest, according to its website.
The company also has its corporate headquarters at 5133 W. Grand River Ave. in Watertown Township.
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