Home Under Renovation Goes Up In Flames In Maryland: Fire Marshal

A home being renovated went up in flames in Maryland overnight, the state fire marshal said.

The fire broke out at 108 Union Ave. in Salisbury.
Photo Credit: *Office of The State Fire Marshal*

09/26/2022 1:32 p.m.

Shortly before 12:30 a.m. in Wicomico County on Sunday, Sept. 25, a neighbor on Union Avenue alerted the Salisbury Fire Department of a fire that broke out in a nearby home that was under renovation.

Officials said that upon arrival at the two-story home, they were met with a fire in the kitchen area of the renovated residence, and it took a team of nearly three dozen firefighters approximately 20 minutes to get the blaze under control.

The fire caused an estimated $30,000 to the structure of the home, though no contents were destroyed, the fire marshal noted.

According to officials, the preliminary cause of the fire is believed to be a failure of a branch of the home’s electrical circuit, which sparked the flames.

The fire marshal noted that there was not a smoke alarm, fire alarm, or sprinkler president in the home at the time of the incident.

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