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Teens Who Sparked Two-Alarm Apartment Inferno In Maryland Face Arson Charges: Fire Marshal Teens Who Sparked Two-Alarm Apartment Inferno In Maryland Face Arson Charges: Fire Marshal
Teens Who Sparked Two-Alarm Apartment Inferno In Maryland Face Arson Charges: Fire Marshal Four teens who torched a vacant building in Maryland are facing arson charges, according to the State Fire Marshal. Deputy State Fire Marshals have charged four juveniles after a two-alarm fire heavily damaged a vacant four-story apartment building in Cumberland earlier this year, authorities announced on Tuesday, May 19. According to investigators, shortly before 6 p.m. on March 28, crews from the Cumberland Fire Department and surrounding agencies were called to a building on Baltimore Street, where there was a reported fire. Approximately 60 firefighters worked for more than an hour …

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by Zak Failla
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Fire Rips Through Maryland Apartments As One Rescued, Families Displaced By $2M Blaze (PHOTOS) Fire Rips Through Maryland Apartments As One Rescued, Families Displaced By $2M Blaze (PHOTOS)
Fire Rips Through Maryland Apartments As One Rescued, Families Displaced By $2M Blaze (Photos) A fast-moving fire tore through the upper floors of a Maryland apartment building Thursday night, forcing a dramatic rescue and leaving multiple families without homes. The blaze broke out around 8:50 p.m. on April 9 at the Sawyer Flats apartments in the 9800 block of Mahogany Drive in Gaithersburg, where crews arrived to find heavy fire showing from the third and fourth floors. Gaithersburg, MD - Aerial video of the scene of a reported house fire, four story apartment building, fire through the roof, 2nd alarm in the 9800 Blk of Mahogany Dr., Sawyer flats. @mcfrsPIO @HHFireProds @Armist…

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Air Fryer Fire Forces Family Out Of Maryland Townhouse: Officials (PHOTOS) Air Fryer Fire Forces Family Out Of Maryland Townhouse: Officials (PHOTOS)
Air Fryer Fire Forces Family Out Of Maryland Townhouse: Officials (Photos) Smoke poured from a three-story townhome after a kitchen fire broke out on the second floor in Maryland on Sunday night, officials said. The fire was reported at around 6:50 p.m. on Dec. 28, in the 2800 block of Schoolhouse Circle near Viers Mill Road, in the Town and Country townhome community in Wheaton, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service spokesman Pete Piringer. Crews arrived to find smoke coming from the residence and quickly located the fire on the second level of the three-story middle-of-the-row townhome. The Wheaton fire. Twitter/@mcfrsPIO Firefighte…

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Boiler Blast Rocks Maryland Police Precinct, Worker Rushed To Hospital (DEVELOPING) Boiler Blast Rocks Maryland Police Precinct, Worker Rushed To Hospital (DEVELOPING)
Boiler Blast Rocks Maryland Police Precinct, Worker Rushed To Hospital (Developing) A worker was injured in Baltimore County when a boiler he was working on inside a Perry Hall police precinct exploded, officials say. Shortly before 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 23, crews from the Baltimore County Fire Department were called to a reported explosion at Precinct 9 in the 8200 block of Perry Hall Boulevard. According to the agency, a county employee was injured while working on a boiler inside the building. He was taken to Bayview Hospital with what were described as "non-critical injuries."  "Out of caution, the incident commander requested a building engineer to evaluate …

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Blaze Erupts At Virginia Shooting Range; Firefighters Rescue Workers Trapped On Roof (PHOTOS) Blaze Erupts At Virginia Shooting Range; Firefighters Rescue Workers Trapped On Roof (PHOTOS)
Blaze Erupts At Virginia Shooting Range; Firefighters Rescue Workers Trapped On Roof (Photos) Fire crews rushed to a Stafford County shooting range after flames tore through the roof and trapped employees, authorities said. The Stafford County Fire and Rescue Department said units were dispatched around 1:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8, for reports of a structure fire at The Range on Potomac Creek Drive. The fire was reported at The Range in Stafford County. Stafford County Fire and Rescue Firefighters arrived within five minutes and found flames shooting from the roof of the single-story building, officials said. Crews immediately struck a second alarm to bring in additional perso…

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