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Kitchen Blaze Sends Maryland Homeowners To Hospital For Smoke Inhalation: Fire Marshal Kitchen Blaze Sends Maryland Homeowners To Hospital For Smoke Inhalation: Fire Marshal
Kitchen Blaze Sends Maryland Homeowners To Hospital For Smoke Inhalation: Fire Marshal Two residents of a Washington County home were hospitalized after a kitchen blaze broke out, according to the Maryland Fire Marshal. Shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 20, first responders were called to a home in the 9900 block of Garis Shop Road in Hagerstown, where there was a reported grease fire.  Both residents of the home were taken to Meritus Medical Center for treatment of smoke inhalation injuries. They were later released into the care of family members. The fire, sparked by a grease fire on the kitchen stove, caused approximately $10,000 in damages—$3,000 to the struc…

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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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Knocking Neighbor Saves Sleeping Woman From Burning Home In Maryland: Fire Marshal Knocking Neighbor Saves Sleeping Woman From Burning Home In Maryland: Fire Marshal
Knocking Neighbor Saves Sleeping Woman From Burning Home In Maryland: Fire Marshal A 34-year-old woman got an unexpected wakeup call from her neighbor on Saturday morning when she was stirred by the pounding on her door that alerted her to a fire inside her Harford county home. Shortly before 11:45 a.m, first responders from the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company and nearby agencies responded to the 2400 block of Woodlea Drive in Joppa, where there was a reported fire that was reported by a passerby. The fire began on a side porch and quickly spread before a team of 40 firefighters knocked down the flames, though it caused an estimated $150,000 in damage. #jmvfc8 …

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by Zak Failla
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Firefighter Released From Hospital After Suffering Leg Injury Battling Maryland House Fire Firefighter Released From Hospital After Suffering Leg Injury Battling Maryland House Fire
Firefighter Released From Hospital After Suffering Leg Injury Battling Maryland House Fire The firefighter who was taken to the hospital with a leg injury while battling a Maryland blaze over the weekend has been released and is recovering at home, responders have announced. The fire broke out at a home on the 1200 block of Long Corner Road in Mt. Airy around 4:30 p.m. Sunday, March 17, the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services said. Crews responded and found heavy flames inside a detached garage that had spread to the bushes behind it. An occupant evacuated the building prior to crews’ arrival and was taken to a local hospital to be treated for smoke inhalat…

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by Valerie Musson
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Space Heater Ignites Silver Spring Apartment Building Fire, Displaces Multiple Residents Space Heater Ignites Silver Spring Apartment Building Fire, Displaces Multiple Residents
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…

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by Annie DeVoe