Car Carrier Goes Up In Flames In Cecil County: Fire Marshal

Nearly a million dollars worth of damage was caused in Cecil County when a multi-vehicle car carrier caught fire, destroying multiple vehicles in Elkton on Monday morning.

Nearly a dozen vehicles were damaged by the fire.
Photo Credit: *Office of The State Fire Marshal*

The fire left two vehicles destroyed in Cecil County.
Photo Credit: *Singerly Fire Department*

Zak Failla

01/31/2023 2:57 p.m.

At approximately 7:50 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 30, a team of more than two dozen firefighters from the Singerly Fire Company were called to the 1400 block of Elkton Road, where there was a report of a 2012 Freightliner multi-vehicle car carrier that went up in flames, according to the Maryland Fire Marshal.

Officials said that a total of eight vehicles were on the Freightliner at the time the fire broke out, completely destroying two Kias, as well as the tractor portion of the car carrier.

A total of four pumps were also destroyed.

It took a crew of 25 firefighters an estimated 90 minutes to get the flames under control, though according to the fire marshal, it caused an estimated $750,000 in damage.

Investigators have not disclosed what caused the fire.

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