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Police & Fire
Poorly Placed Portable Space Heater To Blame For Maryland House Blaze: Fire Officials
A portable space heater is to blame for a blaze that created several heroic neighbors in Washington County, fire officials say. At approximately 11:20 p.m. on Monday, April 22, crews from the Hagerstown Fire Department were called to the 700 block of Chestnut Street following reports of a house fire with people trapped inside a two-story home. Chestnut Street Fire Update The Hagerstown City Fire Marshal’s Office has determined the cause of the Chestnut Street... Posted by Hagerstown Fire Department on Thursday, May 2, 2024 Upon arrival, officials say that firefighters were met by …
Police & Fire
Bystanders Help Neighbor Out Of Burning Home In Maryland
Neighbors are being credited for helping rescue a Washington County resident out of a burning home overnight in Hagerstown. At approximately 11:20 p.m. on Monday, April 22, crews from the Hagerstown Fire Department were called to the 700 block of Chestnut Street following reports of a house fire with people trapped inside a two-story home. Upon arrival, officials say that firefighters were met by flames coming from several windows on the second floor, with one resident already safely outside and another being assisted by bystanders to get out of the home. Hagerstown Fire Department Both …
Police & Fire
Man Charged With Torching Building That Partially Collapsed: Maryland Fire Marshal
A 60-year-old man has been arrested and charged for allegedly setting a massive fire that led to a building collapse in Washington County over the weekend. Kevin Lee Spielman was arrested on Tuesday, March 26 following an extensive investigation into the fire inside the former Snooks Poultry on Sunday night. First responders from multiple agencies rushed at approximately 6:30 p.m. on March 24 to the building on West Baltimore Street, where firefighters were met with smoke and flames coming from the building. At 6:33PM on Sunday, March 24, 2024, units from the Hagerstown Fire Department…
Police & Fire
Two-Alarm Apartment Fire Leaves One Injured, Displaces Residents In Maryland (
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First responders in Washington County made some bold rescues after a two-alarm fire broke out in a three-story Hagerstown apartment on Friday morning. Shortly after 10:45 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 4, crews from the Hagerstown Fire Department were called to the 100 block of East Washington Street, where there was reports of smoke coming from the building with people trapped inside. Upon arrival, firefighters found a blaze on the second floor of the building, and at least one resident of the apartment had to be rescued from a window on the front of a building. A second alarm was called as bystand…
News
Officer Risks Life To Save Man In Mental Health Crisis Trying To Walk Into MD Traffic (
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Not all heroes wear capes. Disaster was averted on the shoulder of a Maryland highway when members of the Hagerstown Police Department risked their own lives to come to the aid of a man suffering from a mental health crisis who wanted to wander into traffic. On Monday, July 10, officers were called to the 1900 block of Dual Highway, where there was a man shouting that he was going to jump into the roadway. First on the scene was Master Police Officer Biden, who was flagged by a Good Samaritan that directed him to the shoulder of I-70 underneath the Route 40 overpass, where a man continua…
News
Side Of Former Hagerstown Church Comes Tumbling Down In Partial Collapse
It was a busy Saturday night for first responders in Washington County when a residential building partially collapsed in Hagerstown. Shortly before 6 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14, crews from the Hagerstown Fire Department and several neighboring agencies responded to a reported building collapse in the 500 block of Washington Avenue at Washington Square. From the outside, first responders were met by rubble and debris that left the interior of the building, which reportedly was the site of a former church, largely exposed. According to the property owners, the space was vacant at the time o…
Obituaries
Maryland Volunteer Fire Chief Zachary Reid Killed In Crash
An off-duty fire chief in Washington County who was also a career firefighter in Hagerstown died in a single-vehicle crash on US 40, officials confirmed. Clear Spring Volunteer Fire Chief Zachary Reid, 32, was found unconscious inside his truck by police shortly before 6:40 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 5 on Route 40 near Rockdale Road approaching Wilson in Washington County. Police say that Reid was driving a 2013 Ford F650 east on the highway when he lost control for unknown reasons and hit the pole. He was rushed to Meritus Medical Center near Hagerstown, where he was pronounced dead at approxi…
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