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7-Year-Old Boy Wakes Up Family As Fire Rips Through Maryland Apartment Above Local Shop 7-Year-Old Boy Wakes Up Family As Fire Rips Through Maryland Apartment Above Local Shop
7-Year-Old Boy Wakes Up Family As Fire Rips Through Maryland Apartment Above Local Shop A Harford County mother and her two children narrowly escaped an apartment fire early Friday morning, thanks to the quick actions of her 7-year-old son, authorities said. The fire broke out shortly before 12:15 a.m. on Feb. 14 in a two-story building on Conowingo Road in Bel Air, with Olivia’s Shop on the first floor and an apartment above it, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office. Investigators said the fire originated in a bedroom and was sparked when a space heater came into contact with combustibles. The apartment’s occupant was asleep when her 7-year-old son woke her u…

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by Zak Failla
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Fiery Explosion At Cannabis Facility In Maryland Leaves Two Employees Injured: Fire Marshal Fiery Explosion At Cannabis Facility In Maryland Leaves Two Employees Injured: Fire Marshal
Fiery Explosion At Cannabis Facility In Maryland Leaves Two Employees Injured: Fire Marshal An explosion at a cannabis extraction facility in Maryland sent two employees to the hospital and caused an estimated $250,000 in damages as investigators work to determine what went wrong. The incident happened just before 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 22, at PharmaCann, a cannabis extraction facility located in the 300 block of Log Canoe Circle, authorities said.  Emergency crews from the Kent Island Volunteer Fire Department and surrounding areas responded after reports of an explosion. The blast occurred in an extraction booth where propane and butane were in use, according to investiga…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
One Injured In Reservoir Hill High Rise Fire One Injured In Reservoir Hill High Rise Fire
One Injured In Reservoir Hill High Rise Fire At least one person is injured after a fire in a Baltimore high rise, authorities say. Emergency crews arrived at the 200 block of Druid Park Lake Drive after reports of a fire in an apartment building around 10 a.m., Monday, March 20, according to Baltimore officials.  The fire was found in an apartment on the 7th floor of the building and was able to be contained by a fire sprinkler system. The injured person is being treated by emergency crews for their injuries. 

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by Annie DeVoe
Police & Fire
Fast-Moving Flames Tear Through Southern Maryland Home: Fire Marshal Fast-Moving Flames Tear Through Southern Maryland Home: Fire Marshal
Fast-Moving Flames Tear Through Southern Maryland Home: Fire Marshal A potentially malfunctioning fire sprinkler system inside a Cecil County home may have malfunctioned and caused an Elkton home to go up in flames, officials say. Smoke could be seen billowing through the air shortly before 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 13, a crew of 30 firefighters from the Singerly Fire Company responded to a stretch of Sycamore Road to battle a kitchen fire that rapidly tore through the home. It took firefighters approximately 30 minutes to get the flames under control, but not before they caused an estimated $250,000 in damage to the home and its contents, leaving it uninha…

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by Zak Failla