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Maryland Apartment Complex Blaze Causes $250K In Damages: State Fire Marshal Maryland Apartment Complex Blaze Causes $250K In Damages: State Fire Marshal
Maryland Apartment Complex Blaze Causes $250K In Damages: State Fire Marshal More than a dozen people in Maryland were displaced by an early morning weekend blaze that was reported in a two-story apartment complex in Charles County, the state fire marshal announced. At approximately 3:15 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 13, a fire was discovered in the 4000 block of Indian Head Highway in Indian Head by guards of the Indian Head Naval Support Facility, officials said. According to the fire marshal, the blaze originated in the attic of an apartment complex, though it is unclear what sparked the flames on Sunday morning. It took a team of 30 members of the Indian Head Volunteer …

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by Zak Failla
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'Incendiary' Fire Under Investigation In Maryland Days After Homeowner Notices Scorched Fence 'Incendiary' Fire Under Investigation In Maryland Days After Homeowner Notices Scorched Fence
'Incendiary' Fire Under Investigation In Maryland Days After Homeowner Notices Scorched Fence An intentionally set fire is under investigation more than a week later after a homeowner noticed that a fence outside the residence had been scorched in Maryland, the fire marshal announced. An alert was issued by the Maryland State Fire Marshal on Monday, Sept. 12 in the 7900 block of Barclay Place in Charles County after a homeowner alerted officials to a fire that torched a gate leading into a White Plains yard. The fire was reportedly set in the afternoon of Saturday, Sept. 3, but it took the homeowner several days to report it to officials. In total, the intentional fire caused appro…

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by Zak Failla
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Equestrian Barn Destroyed By Blaze In Maryland: Fire Marshal Equestrian Barn Destroyed By Blaze In Maryland: Fire Marshal
Equestrian Barn Destroyed By Blaze In Maryland: Fire Marshal No horses were harmed in Maryland when an equestrian barn was destroyed by a blaze that broke out over the weekend that remains under investigation as of Monday, July 18, according to the state fire marshal. In Charles County, more than four dozen firefighters responded to a barn on Leonardtown Road in Bryantown shortly after 2:45 p.m. on Saturday, July 16, when a neighbor reported a barn that was on fire. Units arrived on the scene to find an approximately 400-by-200-foot horse stable with fire throughout, according to the Hughesville Volunteer Fire Department. "A defensive fire attack…

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by Zak Failla
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'Incendiary' Pickup Truck Fire Being Investigated By Maryland Fire Marshal 'Incendiary' Pickup Truck Fire Being Investigated By Maryland Fire Marshal
'Incendiary' Pickup Truck Fire Being Investigated By Maryland Fire Marshal A suspicious pickup truck fire is under investigation in Calvert County, the Maryland State Fire Marshal announced on Friday, June 24. In St. Leonard, fire crews were alerted by a passerby that a 2022 Dodge Ram 2500 was on fire shortly before 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 23, officials said. First responders were dispatched to the area of Parran Road and Bond Street, where they found the truck fully engulfed by flames that originated inside the passenger compartment of the vehicle, according to the initial investigation. It took 10 firefighters from the St. Leonard Volunteer Fire Departmen…

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by Zak Failla