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Arsonist Who Torched GF's Home Following Argument In Elkton Gets 10 Years: Prosecutors
A Delaware man who crossed state lines to intentionally set a fire in Maryland will spend a decade in prison, the Cecil County State's Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday. Kareem Pope, 32, was sentenced to 10 years behind bars after being convicted by a jury earlier this month of first-degree arson. In March last year, first responders from the Singerly Fire Company were called to an Elkton home on Elk Mills Road, where there was a reported fire in the area. Sunday, March 12th at 1712hrs the Singerly Fire Company and Mutual Aid companies were dispatched for a Structure…
Police & Fire
Kyleigh Moats Dies In Elkton Fire
Theresa Moats is living a nightmare. The Elkton mom since Christmas has been mourning the loss of her 10-year-old daughter, Kyleigh, who died in a fire that swept through their home. "This is my worst nightmare," Theresa said on Facebook Wednesday morning, Dec. 27. "I can't sleep I can't eat I just can't function I miss my girl so much." Kyleigh was first identified in a GoFundMe campaign as the victim of the Willow Drive fire on Monday, Dec. 25. The family also lost their home, pets, belongings, and were left out in the cold while the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office con…
Police & Fire
Elkton Fire: Girl Dies
A 10-year-old girl was killed and an Elkton family was left homeless in a Christmas morning fire, authorities said. The blaze broke out around 7:30 a.m. at 317 Willow Dr., bringing the Singerly Fire Company and surrounding departments to the scene, the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office said. Christmas Day Fire Claims the Life of Child in Elkton CECIL COUNTY, MD (December 25, 2023) - The Office of the State... Posted by Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal on Monday, December 25, 2023 Firefighters found the family standing outside their home, saying a young girl was st…
Police & Fire
Longtime Vacant Home Torched Intentionally In Cecil County: Fire Marshal
A firebug burned a vacant home to the ground in what is being investigated as an incendiary blaze in Cecil County, officials say. Shortly before 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning, crews from the Singerly Fire Company in Elkton were called to Red Hill Road, where a passerby reported that a home known to be vacant for years had been set ablaze. It didn't take long for firefighters to get the flames under control, but the damage was done, and the home is considered a total loss, according to the Maryland Fire Marshal. Investigators, using a K9, said that it was determined that the fire was intentiona…
Police & Fire
Pick-Up Truck Reported Stolen Out Of Delaware Torched In Cecil County: Fire Marshal
Truck thieves in Northern Maryland seemingly destroyed any evidence after stealing a pick-up in Delaware and bringing it across state lines. Crews from the Singerly Fire Company were called to the 300 block of Muddy Lane in Elkton earlier this week, where there was a report of a 2016 Ford F-150 that was fully engulfed in flames. It didn't take long for firefighters to control the fire, though the truck was destroyed and caused an estimated $35,000 in damage. Investigators say that the vehicle was reported stolen by the Wilmington Police Department in Delaware on Sunday, Sept. 24, and it is…
Police & Fire
Attic Fire Tears Through Elkton Home, Leaves Two Displaced
Two residents were reportedly displaced over the weekend when an attic fire rapidly spread to the rest of an Elkton home, officials say. It took firefighters from the Singerly Fire Company approximately an hour to control a blaze that broke out in a Kirkaldy Drive home in Elkton at approximately 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 30, according to the Maryland Fire Marshal. Officials say that a team of 50 firefighters were able to knock down the flames in approximately 60 minutes, but not before it caused an estimated $800,000 in damage to the structure and contents of the home. The investigation i…
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Dozens Of Vehicles Damaged By Auto Auction Lot Fire In Elkton (
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Dozens of vehicles suffered extensive damage on Monday morning when a fire rapidly spread to multiple cars at an auto auction dealer overnight. A fire was reported shortly before 4 a.m. on Monday, April 17 in the 100 block of Zeitler Road in Elkton, which promptly spread to at least 40 vehicles, all of which suffered varying degrees of damage across the lot. It took a team of 40 freighters from the Singerly Fire Company and nearby agencies approximately an hour to get the flames under control, but not before it caused an estimated $200,000 in damage to the vehicles. No injuries were report…
Police & Fire
Firefighter Airlifted To Hospital After Battling Blaze At Historic Cecil County Home: Officials
A home that has stood in Cecil County for nearly a century went up in flames on Friday morning as the Maryland State Fire Marshal investigates what happened on the historic estate. Shortly before 10:45 a.m. on Friday, March 3, crews from the Singerly Fire Company and surrounding agencies were called to Nottingham Road in Elkton, where there was a report of a blaze that broke out inside a two-story single family home. While battling the fire, officials say that a firefighter from the agency fell from a second story deck and had to be treated at the scene by paramedics. He was then flown to S…
Police & Fire
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. 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. The fire left two vehicles destroyed in Cecil County.Singerly Fire Department Officials said that a total of eight…
Police & Fire
Midday Blaze Tears Thorugh Elkton Farmhouse Not Occupied In Decades
Questions are being raised in Cecil County after a historic home that has stood vacant for decades went up in flames on Wednesday afternoon. An old farmhouse on Telegraph Road in Elkton was gutted on Wednesday, Jan. 18 when a fire that remains under investigation tore through the structure, causing upwards of $250,000 in damage to the vacant dwelling. #UPDATE - Investigators continue to investigate the cause of the two-alarm house fire in the 3300 block of Telegraph Road. Singerly Fire Company, Community Fire Company of Rising Sun, Inc. and multiple other departments remain on the scene…
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Fast-Moving Flames Tear Through Elkton Home: Fire Marshal
A potentially malfunctioning fire sprinkler system inside a Cecil County home may have malfunctioned and caused an Elkton home to go up in flames, officials say. Smoke could be seen billowing through the air shortly before 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 13, a crew of 30 firefighters from the Singerly Fire Company responded to a stretch of Sycamore Road to battle a kitchen fire that rapidly tore through the home. It took firefighters approximately 30 minutes to get the flames under control, but not before they caused an estimated $250,000 in damage to the home and its contents, leaving it uninha…
Police & Fire
Cecil County Bowling Alley To Close For Weeks After Expensive Overnight Fire
A popular Maryland bowling alley will be closed indefinitely after an early-morning fire caused millions of dollars in damages to the building. Shortly before 3:15 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 4, in Cecil County, members of the Singerly Fire Company were called to the Elk Lanes bowling alley, when a fire broke out in the mechanical room in the back of the building, sounding the alarm system. According to the Maryland State Fire Marshal, it took a crew of 35 firefighters approximately an hour and a half to get the fire under control, but not before it caused an estimated $3 million in damage, forc…
Police & Fire
Garage Fire Causes $150K In Damage For Elkton Homeowners, Four Displaced, Officials Say
A fire that broke out inside the garage of a Maryland home caused extensive damage before firefighters in Cecil County could quickly corral the flames and get the blaze under control. Shortly before 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 28, the Office of the State Fire Marshal said that members of the Singerly Fire Company responded to a reported blaze that was reported by a neighbor on Elkton Boulevard in Elkton. It took a team of 35 firefighters approximately 15 minutes to get the flames knocked down, but not before it caused an estimated $150,000 ($100,000 to the structure, $50,000 to its conten…
Police & Fire
One Hospitalized When Tent Fire Breaks Out In Elkton Homeless Encampment
One person was hospitalized when a fire broke out in a homeless encampment in Maryland, authorities announced. In Cecil County, first responders were dispatched to the 400 block of Booth Street in Elkton shortly before 4:15 a.m. on Thursday, July 14, where there was a reported fire in a tent within the encampment. Members of the Elkton Police Department were first on the scene, and “were able to extinguish the majority of the fire with fire extinguishers,” according to the office of the state fire marshal, until crews from the Singerly Fire Company arrived to completely knock down the flame…
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