Michigan firefighter Ben Lauren killed in duplex fire
Forsyth Township firefighter was third generation volunteer
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The member of the Forsyth Township Fire Department who died Friday night while battling a fire in a K.I. Sawyer duplex is being remembered as a hero.
Forsyth Township says 23-year-old Ben Lauren was killed in the line of duty. Lauren graduated from Gwinn High School in 2014.
According to Marquette County Sheriff Greg Zyburt, a fire was reported at 108 Albatross Street at 9:27 p.m. Friday. When firefighters arrived, they saw half of the duplex was up in flames. A mother and her two children escaped. Lauren died while fighting the fire.
Lauren, a third-generation volunteer firefighter, was born June 14, 1996 and attended his first of many Upper Peninsula Firefighters Tournament six weeks later. Lauren’s father, Ron, and sister, Tori, are also members of the department.
