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Teen Killed, 2 Injured In Maryland Townhouse Fire: Police
A 15-year-old girl was killed in a Maryland townhouse fire Wednesday night, while two other victims were injured, police announced. The Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services responded to the blaze on the 11500 block of Shell Flower Lane in Columbia around 7:30 p.m. March 20. Crews found heavy flames coming from the second story and brought the fire under control in about 20 minutes. The HCDFRS confirmed Thursday morning that Katie Chase, 15, had died in the fire, and its cause was accidental. Two others, meanwhile, were taken to the hospital for evaluation. The family was …
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Teen Girl Becomes Third Fatality In Baltimore Townhouse Fire That Left 19 Displaced (
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Three people, including two minors, have now been confirmed dead after a Baltimore townhouse fire left 19 families displaced earlier this week. An 8-year-old boy was one of three people found unconscious when firefighters battled the blaze at the 3400 block of E. Lombard Street in Southeast Baltimore Tuesday, Feb. 27. The boy died hours after he was rescued, while a 13-year-old girl and a 22-year-old man were taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition. The man was pronounced dead Wednesday, and the girl died Thursday afternoon, according to CBS. The cause of the fire remains und…
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Family Displaced After Tree Falls On 2-Story Maryland Home
A Maryland family awoke to a tree crashing through the middle of their two-story home before dawn on Friday, March 1. The tree fell on a home on the 2900 block of Collins Avenue in Wheaton around 4:45 a.m., Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service Spokesperson Pete Piringer said. The large, “old growth” tree was in the back of the home and fell through the middle of the structure, knocking out power to several nearby houses and causing a small gas leak, Piringer said. The two adults and two pets escaped the home unharmed. They are receiving assistance from the Red Cross. Parts of Colli…
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17 Displaced By Tricky Two-Alarm Baltimore County Fire That Sent Two To Hospital: Officials
Seventeen residents were displaced and two people were injured as a fast-moving fire tore through the back of a Baltimore County home and spread to two others early on Wednesday morning, officials say. Crews responded to investigate reports of a structure fire on the unit block of Warren Road just after 2 a.m. on Jan. 17 and found visible flames coming from the back of the home on multiple levels. The blaze spread to two other homes and displaced a total of 17 residents, as well as eight animals, Baltimore County Police said. Two injured and multiple pets displaced in early morning Ess…
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Explosion Rocks MD Neighborhood, Sparks $5M Townhouse Fire
A weekend explosion sparked a fast-moving two-alarm fire that tore through nearly a dozen townhouses in Harford County and caused millions of dollars in damage, according to officials. The Maryland State Fire Marshal has launched an extensive investigation after a fire ripped through several townhouses late on Saturday, May 20, turning several Witchhazel Way residences into scorched rubble in Aberdeen. Here is a door bell cam video from John Sheridan showing one of several explosions during last night’s 2 alarm fire in #AberdeenMD. Eight homes were condemned. @MarylandOSFM determined th…
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Fire Marshals Investigating Deadly Blaze At Maryland Bike Shop That Killed Owner: Officials
Authorities say that one person was killed in Maryland when an early-morning fire broke out at a popular bike shop in Carroll County on Monday morning. Bradley White, 55, the owner of White’s Bicycles on West Main Street in Westminster was pronounced dead on Monday, Dec. 12, when a fire broke out at his business and spread to nearby apartments and other buildings, according to the Office of the State Fire Marshal. Shortly after 5:15 a.m. on Monday morning, crews from the Westminster Fire Department and surrounding agencies from Carroll, Baltimore, York, and Adams counties responded to a rep…
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New Information Released, Some Still Without Power After Maryland High-Rise Fire
Many residents and their pets are still without power and several dozen are displaced after an electrical fire broke out in a residential building in Rockville, authorities say. The two-alarm blaze broke out at the high-rise building in the 10101 block of Grosvenor Place around 12:45 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 25, causing almost $1 million in damages, according to Montgomery County Fire officials. Update 8/26 - Many residents (& pets) in North Tower of 10101 Grosvenor Pl still w/o power & may be for an extended period of time. Power has been restored to hundreds of Apts in South tower…
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Five Displaced In Massive Cecil County Townhouse Blaze Causing $750K In Damages: Fire Marshal
Five were displaced in Maryland as a roaring two-alarm fire ripped through a pair of neighboring townhouses in Cecil County, according to the Office of the State Fire Marshal. Shortly before 4:45 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 18, members of the Singerly Volunteer Fire Company responded to Whitetail Way in Elkton, when a massive fire was reported by a homeowner, who spotted the fire outside the residence. The fire was reported in part of the Persimmon Creek Townhomes community off Fletchwood Road near the Delaware state line. It took a team of 50 firefighters an estimated 45 minutes to get the fir…
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