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'Umbrella Cockatoo' Among Pets To Perish In Christmas Day Maryland Blaze: Fire Marshal 'Umbrella Cockatoo' Among Pets To Perish In Christmas Day Maryland Blaze: Fire Marshal
'Umbrella Cockatoo' Among Pets To Perish In Christmas Day Maryland Blaze: Fire Marshal Several pets were rescued, but others perished in a two-alarm blaze that broke out in a Maryland home on Christmas Day, the fire marshal says. Shortly after noon on Monday afternoon, members of the Fruitland Volunteer Fire Company were called to a home on Coulbourn Mill Road in Salisbury when a fire was reported inside a two-story home. Officials say that it took a team of 60 firefighters upwards of an hour to get the fire under control after it started inside a back porch. Officials say that four dogs and a pet rabbit were rescued by firefighters from the burning home, though an "Umbrella…

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by Zak Failla
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Cats, Dogs Killed In Christmas Day Mobile Home Fire In Maryland, Officials Say Cats, Dogs Killed In Christmas Day Mobile Home Fire In Maryland, Officials Say
Cats, Dogs Killed In Christmas Day Mobile Home Fire In Maryland, Officials Say Several family pets were killed in a fast-moving fire that left a couple displaced on Christmas Day in Maryland, officials say. Shortly after 6 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 25, first responders from the Fruitland Volunteer Fire Company in Wicomico County were called to a mobile home on Skylar Drive, when a neighbor reported that a fire had broken out. First responders say that upon arrival, they were met with a living room fire that broke out after an electric receptacle failed and sparked the blaze. It took a team of 20 firefighters approximately 20 minutes to get the flames under control, but …

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by Zak Failla