South Central Reporter

Sugar Creek Township Fire Protection District responded to 28 calls in 2017 - 16.7 percent more than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.

The calls in Sugar Creek included 17 fires - nine structure fires, three vehicle fires and five other fires. The fire department also responded to one call for ruptures, explosions or overheating.

In all, the department saw $27,610 in fire loss - or about $1,624 per fire.

The department also received 10 false calls, including one malicious call and nine other false calls.

	2016	2017	Year-over-year change (%)
Structure Fires	10	9	-10
Vehicle Fires	1	3	200
Other fires	5	5	0
Total Fires	16	17	6.2
Total Calls	24	28	16.7