LAKE GEORGE, IN (WTVB) – Four fire departments were initially dispatched to a fire Friday morning at the Lake George Retreat just south of the Michigan-Indiana line in Steuben County.
The Lakeland Fire Department was among those called to the scene. They provided a tanker as well as manpower.
Fremont, Angola and Orland were also called after the fire was reported at 6:43 a.m.
The Lake George Retreat is a popular and well-known restaurant and bar that featured a lakeside dining room.
According to the Lake George Retreat website, there was another fire in 1969 that did considerable damage to the building and left it unoccupied for several years before it reopened under new owners in 1974.
