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Homeowner Uses Garden Hose To Contain Bel Air House Fire Until Firefighters Arrive: Officials Homeowner Uses Garden Hose To Contain Bel Air House Fire Until Firefighters Arrive: Officials
Homeowner Uses Garden Hose To Contain Bel Air House Fire Until Firefighters Arrive: Officials A quick-thinking Maryland homeowner was able to limit the damage done to a Harford County home when an early morning blaze broke out, according to the Office of the Maryland Fire Marshal. Shortly before 4:30 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 30, a neighbor on Maulsby Avenue in Bel Air alerted firefighters to a possible incident on the front porch of a nearby home, officials said. Upon arrival, crews from the Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company located the fire on the front porch of the home, and nearly two dozen firefighters were able to quickly extinguish the flames before they spread too far into the int…

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by Zak Failla
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Fast-Moving Fire Spreads From Maryland Townhouse Deck To Roof, Attic Fast-Moving Fire Spreads From Maryland Townhouse Deck To Roof, Attic
Fast-Moving Fire Spreads From Maryland Townhouse Deck To Roof, Attic A fast-moving two-alarm townhouse fire caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages in Harford County after rapidly spreading from a rear deck to the rest of the structure, according to the Maryland Office of the State Fire Marshal. Members of the Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company responded to a stretch of townhouses on Betty Court in Forest Hill shortly before 7:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 12, when the homeowners found a fire that broke out on their back deck. It took a team of 40 firefighters approximately 20 minutes to get the fire under control, according to the marshal, which noted …

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by Zak Failla