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Kitchen Nightmare: Grease Fire Burns Victim, Damages Maryland Apartment
A kitchen mishap turned costly in Maryland when a cooking pot overflowed, igniting a blaze that caused $200,000 in damage and sent one resident to the hospital with burns, investigators from the Fire Marshal's Office say.
The fire broke out Tuesday, Dec. 10, at 3:36 p.m., inside a two-story apartment on Plummber Drive in St Michaels, according to officials.
12/10/24 at 1538 hours the Box Alarm was struck alerting Stations 40 (St.Michaels) 60 (Easton) 70 (Tilghman) and... Posted by St. Michaels Fire Department, Inc. on Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Authorities say the victim was cookin…
20,000 Chickens Perish In Devastating Blaze At Maryland Farm: Fire Marshal
A devastating fire tore through a Maryland chicken coop early Friday morning, killing approximately 20,000 chickens, officials announced.
The blaze broke out at around 5:43 a.m. on Nov. 22 at a commercial chicken house on New Hope Road in Willards, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal.
The 500' x 40' structure, owned by Mark and Brittany Pugh, was completely destroyed.
Passersby reported the fire, which drew 45 firefighters from the Pittsville Volunteer Fire Department, who took approximately 30 minutes to bring the flames under control, but the damage was already done. …
Owners Admit Fault For Fire At Long Island Rental That Killed Potomac Sisters
A husband and wife from Long Island admitted fault after a fire killed two Maryland sisters staying at their vacation rental.
Peter Miller, age 56, pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal negligent homicide, and Pamela Miller, age 55, pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment in Suffolk County Court on Monday, Aug. 26.
It came two years after sisters Lindsay Wiener, age 19, and Jillian Wiener, age 21, both of Potomac, Maryland, died in a fire at the couple’s Noyac rental home in August 2022.
Earlier Report: Sisters On Vacation Killed In Hamptons House Fire
According to prosecutors, …
