A Dearborn Heights family has been unable to return to their home for three weeks after an underground fire at their DTE power meter damaged their property.

Felicia Snell was at work earlier this month when her husband called to tell her there was a tag on their door from the Dearborn Heights Fire Department alerting them to a fire at their home.

"We want to be home, it's been three weeks now," Snell said.

Firefighters were called by a neighbor who heard a loud pop outside and saw a downed wire in her backyard. While investigating, firefighters spotted smoke coming from Snell's house, just four doors down, and discovered that her DTE power meter was on fire underground.

"I was totally shocked to see it came from underground," Snell said.

The fire charred the outside of her home, and h

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