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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.

The fire broke out at 108 Union Ave. in Salisbury.

Photo Credit: Office of The State Fire Marshal

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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