PAW PAW, Mich. — A semi-truck fire involving lithium ion batteries shut down the M-51 entrance and exit ramps near I-94 Friday morning.
Firefighters were called just after 4 a.m. on a report that a FedEx truck was on fire near the ramps, located just over four miles west of Paw Paw, and hazmat materials were possibly involved.
However, as they were on their way to the scene, firefighters learned lithium ion batteries were involved in the fire, according to Paw Paw Fire Chief Kyle Richardson…