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Religious Leaders Look To Rebuild Maryland Church Destroyed By Fast-Moving Fire Religious Leaders Look To Rebuild Maryland Church Destroyed By Fast-Moving Fire
Religious Leaders Look To Rebuild Maryland Church Destroyed By Fast-Moving Fire The community is rallying around parishioners and members of the Maryland church that burned down in Carroll County last week, causing approximately $1.5 million in damages, according to the Maryland Fire Marshal. Firefighters from multiple agencies were called shortly after 3 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 1 to the Clearfield Bible Church in Westminster, where there was a reported fire that was discovered by an employee inside the building who was working in a basement office and was able to escape safely. Upon arrival, first responders were met by flames and smoke showing from the brick building,…

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by Zak Failla
News
Investigators Determine Origin Of Devastating Fire That Destroyed Maryland Church Investigators Determine Origin Of Devastating Fire That Destroyed Maryland Church
Investigators Determine Origin Of Devastating Fire That Destroyed Maryland Church The blaze that burned down a Maryland church on Thursday afternoon and caused $1.5 million in damage started in the steeple before rapidly spreading, according to the Maryland Fire Marshal. Firefighters from multiple agencies were called shortly after 3 p.m. on Aug. 1 to the Clearfield Bible Church in Westminster, where there was a reported fire that was discovered by an employee inside the building who was working in a basement office and was able to escape safely. Upon arrival, first responders were met by flames and smoke showing from the brick building, which was fully engulfed, leading…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Support Swells For Employees Of Galvinell Meat Company Following $2.5M Fire In Maryland Support Swells For Employees Of Galvinell Meat Company Following $2.5M Fire In Maryland
Support Swells For Employees Of Galvinell Meat Company Following $2.5M Fire In Maryland Gone, but not forgotten. A community is rallying around the owners and employees of the Galvinell Meat Company in Cecil County to support them after a massive two-alarm fire burned down the building and caused upwards of $2.5 million in damage late last month, though they have vowed to rebuild. On Tuesday, April 30, an early morning fire destroyed a well-known Cecil County meat butchering shop, causing an estimated $2.5 million in damages.  Community Fire Company of Rising Su "Our beloved family business, Galvinell Meat Company, was tragically destroyed in a fire," a family me…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Well-Known Meat Butchering Shop Destroyed By Two-Alarm Blaze In Maryland: Fire Marshal Well-Known Meat Butchering Shop Destroyed By Two-Alarm Blaze In Maryland: Fire Marshal
Well-Known Meat Butchering Shop Destroyed By Two-Alarm Blaze In Maryland: Fire Marshal A two-alarm blaze destroyed a well-known Maryland meat butchering shop and caused upwards of $2.5 million in damages, officials say. Fire crews were called at approximately 5:45 a.m. on Tuesday morning to the Galvinell Meat Company in Cecil County, where there was a reported fire with flames showing through the roof and smoke billowing through the air on Ragan Road in Conowingo. Multiple fire departments, including around 50 firefighters from Cecil, Harford, Lancaster, and Chester counties, responded to the two-alarm blaze, helping to bring the flames under control in just over an hour. …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Space Heater Ignites Silver Spring Apartment Building Fire, Displaces Multiple Residents Space Heater Ignites Silver Spring Apartment Building Fire, Displaces Multiple Residents
Space Heater Ignites Silver Spring Apartment Building Fire, Displaces Multiple Residents Over a dozen residents of a large apartment complex in Silver Spring have been displaced following an overnight fire, authorities say. Around 2:45 a.m., Friday, Feb. 17, firefighters were dispatched to Elizabeth House on Fenwick Lane for a fire in a fourth floor bedroom, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesperson Pete Pringer reported. The fire was able to be extinguished, but left a resident with smoke inhalation injuries, he said. The resident was transported to a nearby hospital as a "priority 2 patient" for evaluation and treatment, officials confirmed. ICYMI (~245a) 1400 Fenwi…

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by Annie DeVoe
Police & Fire
Mobile Home Razed By Fast-Moving Two-Alarm Blaze In Maryland: Fire Marshal Mobile Home Razed By Fast-Moving Two-Alarm Blaze In Maryland: Fire Marshal
Mobile Home Razed By Fast-Moving Two-Alarm Blaze In Maryland: Fire Marshal A mobile home was destroyed by a midday two-alarm fire in Maryland that took firefighters nearly an hour to get under control. The fire marshal says that the fire was reported in Dorchester County shortly after 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 25, on Partridge Lane in Reliance when there was an electrical failure underneath the mobile home that sparked the blaze in the living room of the residence. More than two dozen firefighters from the El Dorado Volunteer Fire Department took approximately 45 minutes to get the two-alarm fire under control, but not before it caused upwards of $70,000 in dam…

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by Zak Failla