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Police & Fire
Police ID Driver Killed In Tanker Truck Transporting Gasoline From VA To MD That Exploded
New details have emerged after a tanker truck driver was killed and a home destroyed when a tanker truck carrying thousands of gallons of gasoline exploded in the busy Route 15 corridor in Frederick City last weekend. Maryland State Police investigators have identified Smithsburgh resident Ronald Leroy Heiston, Jr. 58, as the driver who crashed at around noon on Saturday, March 4, in the 500 block of Schley Avenue, setting off an explosion that resulted in a massive response by emergency personnel. Upon arrival at the scene of the crash, officials say that crews found a large tanker in fl…
Police & Fire
Firefighter Airlifted To Hospital After Battling Blaze At Historic Cecil County Home: Officials
A home that has stood in Cecil County for nearly a century went up in flames on Friday morning as the Maryland State Fire Marshal investigates what happened on the historic estate. Shortly before 10:45 a.m. on Friday, March 3, crews from the Singerly Fire Company and surrounding agencies were called to Nottingham Road in Elkton, where there was a report of a blaze that broke out inside a two-story single family home. While battling the fire, officials say that a firefighter from the agency fell from a second story deck and had to be treated at the scene by paramedics. He was then flown to S…
Police & Fire
Sisters, Children Displaced By Fast-Moving Harford County Fire
Several children are among six who were displaced early on Tuesday morning when a fast moving fire tore through a Harford County home. A team of more than two dozen firefighters from the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company and neighboring agencies were called shortly before 6:15 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28 to the 1100 block of Shady Drive in Edgewood when a fire broke out in an area bedroom. According to the Office of the Maryland Fire Marshal, the blaze started in a bedroom and was discovered by one of the occupants of the home who woke up and discovered the flames. She was able to get out…
Police & Fire
Space Heater Ignites Silver Spring Apartment Building Fire, Displaces Multiple Residents
Over a dozen residents of a large apartment complex in Silver Spring have been displaced following an overnight fire, authorities say. Around 2:45 a.m., Friday, Feb. 17, firefighters were dispatched to Elizabeth House on Fenwick Lane for a fire in a fourth floor bedroom, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesperson Pete Pringer reported. The fire was able to be extinguished, but left a resident with smoke inhalation injuries, he said. The resident was transported to a nearby hospital as a "priority 2 patient" for evaluation and treatment, officials confirmed. ICYMI (~245a) 1400 Fenwi…
News
Unattended Incense Burns MoCo Homes Down While Residents Sleep, Officials Say
Nearly a dozen people are displaced after a townhouse went up in flames in Montgomery Village overnight, authorities say. Residents of the home in the 19600 block of Club Lake Road woke up to a fire alarm around 9:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 16 after unattended burning incense sparked a massive fire, according to a Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesperson. The fire began in a second-floor bedroom, with the incense igniting curtains. Update (~930p 2/16) 19600blk Club Lake Rd; MOR TH; Origin/Cause, 2nd floor bedroom, unattended incense burning, ignited curtains; smoke alarms alerted s…
Police & Fire
Cows Safe, Workshop Destroyed By Two-Alarm Fire At Kilby Farm In Cecil County
A fast-moving two-alarm fire tore through a hay storage workshop at Kilby Farms in Cecil County on Thursday morning that sent some scared cows scurrying across a field. First responders from multiple agencies were called shortly before 8 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 9 to the farm on Firetower Road in Colora, when an employee reported that a blaze had broken out inside the building. It took a team of more than six dozen firefighters from the Water Witch Volunteer Fire Company and surrounding departments approximately two hours to get the fire under control, though not before it caused an estimate…
Police & Fire
Baltimore Courthouse Closed Following Evacuation For Outside Fire
The Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse has been evacuated after a fire, authorities announce. Flames broke out at the courthouse after a fire was ignited inside an outer grating on the Fayette Street side of the courthouse on the morning of Tuesday, Feb. 7, announced the Baltimore City Sheriff's Office. #BMORESBravest are extinguishing a fire outside of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse at 100 N Calvert St. Some smoke has entered the building so firefighters are using fans to remove it. pic.twitter.com/QeWLyPusZw — Baltimore Firefighters IAFF Local 734 (@BCFDL734) February 7, 2…
Police & Fire
Car Carrier Goes Up In Flames In Cecil County: Fire Marshal
Nearly a million dollars worth of damage was caused in Cecil County when a multi-vehicle car carrier caught fire, destroying multiple vehicles in Elkton on Monday morning. At approximately 7:50 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 30, a team of more than two dozen firefighters from the Singerly Fire Company were called to the 1400 block of Elkton Road, where there was a report of a 2012 Freightliner multi-vehicle car carrier that went up in flames, according to the Maryland Fire Marshal. The fire left two vehicles destroyed in Cecil County.Singerly Fire Department Officials said that a total of eight…
Police & Fire
Boy Dead, Second Child Hospitalized After East Baltimore House Fire (
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One young boy is dead and another remains in the hospital after an early morning fire broke out in a Baltimore row home. Fire officials say that first responders were dispatched shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28, to the 1600 block of East Oliver Street, where there were reports of a house on fire with dark, heavy smoke billowing through the air in the area. #BCFD responded to the 1600blk of E. Oliver St. Upon arrival units discovered 2 story dwelling with fire showing & reports of people trapped. FF’s quickly rescued 2 children that were transported to the hospital. T…
Obituaries
PA Toddler Killed, Four Firefighters Injured, Community Raises $75K+ For Girl's Family
A girl has died, four firefighters were hurt, and a family lost their home to a massive fire on Friday, January 13 but one week later over $75,000 has been raised to help the family. Shaler Township first responders were called to the house fire at 750 Fall Run Road on Friday at 9:45 p.m., according to a release by the police. Five people were inside the home when the fire broke out and quickly spread throughout with "flames were visible coming from the house,” police state in the release. Two residents were transported by ambulance and two others were transported to the hospital by a p…
Police & Fire
Woman's Body Pulled From Vacant House Fire In Baltimore (
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Firefighters in Baltimore found the dead body of a woman inside a vacant house that went up in flames in Ellwood Park on Tuesday night, authorities announced. At approximately 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 17, officials say that first responders were called to a two-story row home in the 400 block of North East Avenue near Pulaski Highway, where there was a reported fire sweeping through the residence. 🔥WORKING DWELLING FIRE🔥400 blk N East Av 21224#EllwoodParkMonument@TonyGlover13#BMORESBravest on scene with fire showing from a 2 story row home. A civilian was located by firefighters durin…
News
IDs Released Following Double Deadly Fires In York County: Coroner
The identities of man and a woman who died in two separate fires in York County within two hours of each other on Monday, January 16, 2023 have been released, authorities say. The first fire happened in the 1300 block of Roundtop Road of Warrington Township around 3 p.m., according to the state police. A couple in their 70s lived alone in the home and the 72-year-old Lewisberry wife was pronounced deceased at the scene but Deputy Coroner Michele Kirchner at 3:57 p.m. Pennsylvania York County Lewisberry 1350 Roundtop RD 2ND Alarm Residential Structure Fire Command On Location With A.…
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