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Casper Road, Hancock, MD

Home Torched By Burning Rug In Maryland; Homeowner Displaced: State Fire Marshal Home Torched By Burning Rug In Maryland; Homeowner Displaced: State Fire Marshal
Home Torched By Burning Rug In Maryland; Homeowner Displaced: State Fire Marshal A Washington County home was gutted on Thursday afternoon after a homeowner accidentally set a rug ablaze in Hancock, fire officials say. Dozens of firefighters from the Hancock Volunteer Fire Department were called shortly after 1 p.m. on Thursday to a home in the 4900 block of Casper Road, where there was a fast-moving fire reported in the area. According to investigators, the homeowner was attempting to burn fringes from a rug that was sitting on a plastic container, and when he walked away, he heard a noise coming from the back of the deck, where he found the porch on fire and called 91…