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Owner Burning Items In Pit Results In Maryland House Blaze: Fire Marshal Owner Burning Items In Pit Results In Maryland House Blaze: Fire Marshal
Owner Burning Items In Pit Results In Maryland House Blaze: Fire Marshal The remnants of a fire pit outside a Harford County home resulted in a fire that left five people and several pets temporarily displaced. At around 2 p.m. on Monday afternoon, first responders from the Susquehanna Hose Company responded to Otsego Street in Havre de Grace, where the owner reported a fire outside the family's home. Just after 2pm today, the 0540 Fire Box was transmitted for the reported house fire in the 900 block of Otsego Street. As units began marking up, @HarfordCoDES Fire Dispatch advised they were receiving multiple calls, some of which advised there was possible ent…

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by Zak Failla
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Child Playing With Lighter Sparks Blaze At Maryland Apartment Building: Fire Marshal Child Playing With Lighter Sparks Blaze At Maryland Apartment Building: Fire Marshal
Child Playing With Lighter Sparks Blaze At Maryland Apartment Building: Fire Marshal Things got a little too hot to handle for a child playing with a lighter inside a Harford County apartment that was damaged by fire on Wednesday afternoon, officials say. First responders were called at around 3:15 p.m. on Sept. 25 to the Edgewood Park Apartment complex on Edgewood Road, when a neighbor reported a fire inside one of the units. According to the Maryland Fire Marshal, crews from the Joppa Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company and Aberdeen Proving Grounds FD/EMS, were able to quickly knock down the fire, which was reported in a bedroom where the child was playing with a lighter. It…

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by Zak Failla
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Family Displaced By Fast-Moving Garage Fire In Maryland Family Displaced By Fast-Moving Garage Fire In Maryland
Family Displaced By Fast-Moving Garage Fire In Maryland Three adults and two children have been displaced after a weekend fire in Harford County tore through their home, officials say. Over the weekend, fire crews were called to the 1800 block of Hanson Road when a blaze broke out inside an Edgewood home, sending a family scurrying.  3/1 ⚠️Incident Update⚠️ FVFAC responds to 1800 block of Hanson Road for a dwelling fire. On initial dispatch,... Posted by Fallston Volunteer Fire and Ambulance Co. on Saturday, March 2, 2024 It took nearly four dozen firefighters from the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company less than a half hour to get t…

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by Zak Failla
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Infant, Three Adults Displaced As Kitchen Fire Destroys Maryland Home, Officials Say Infant, Three Adults Displaced As Kitchen Fire Destroys Maryland Home, Officials Say
Infant, Three Adults Displaced As Kitchen Fire Destroys Maryland Home, Officials Say Authorities say that a manufactured home in Maryland was completely destroyed by an afternoon fire on Monday, Nov. 14. First responders from the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire company responded shortly after 1:30 p.m. on Monday afternoon to Sinsko Lane in Joppa, where there was a reported kitchen fire that rapidly spread, according to a spokesperson for the Office of the State Fire Marshal. The fire destroyed a home on Sinsko Lane in Joppa.Office of The State Fire Marshal via Joppa-Magnolia VFC Officials said that it took a team of more than three dozen firefighters approximately a half …

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by Zak Failla
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Woman Crawls Through Burning House To Rescue Kenneled Dog In Maryland: Fire Marshal Woman Crawls Through Burning House To Rescue Kenneled Dog In Maryland: Fire Marshal
Woman Crawls Through Burning House To Rescue Kenneled Dog In Maryland: Fire Marshal A Harford County homeowner was able to make a bold save of three dogs when a kitchen blaze broke out on Monday afternoon, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal. Officials say that at approximately 5:45 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 7, a Holly Drive resident in Aberdeen returned home, and before opening the front door, could hear the sound of smoke alarms going off. When she opened the door, a spokesperson for the fire marshal said that two dogs immediately ran out and the homeowner was able to crawl under the smoke inside the burning home and open a cage to get the third dog free before retr…

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by Zak Failla