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7 Displaced By Frederick Fire 7 Displaced By Frederick Fire
7 Displaced By Frederick Fire Dozens of firefighters assisted in a large residential fire in Frederick that displaced multiple people, authorities say. The three-story building caught fire around 10:45 p.m. on the 200 block of W Patrick Street, Wednesday, June 15, according to the Frederick County Fire Department. Crews immediately began assisting the residents out of the building as it filled with smoke. Ladders were then thrown up for firefighters to access the exterior windows to locate the fire to control it.  A total of seven adults and one child were safely evacuated from the building without injury. The fla…
Ridgewood Firefighters Retrieve Loosened Metal Hanging Over Street Ridgewood Firefighters Retrieve Loosened Metal Hanging Over Street
Ridgewood Firefighters Retrieve Loosened Metal Hanging Over Street Ridgewood firefighters removed two pieces of metal that were dislodged from the roof of a construction site on New Year's Day -- one of which hung perilously over the sidewalk. High winds dislodged the metal from behind 54 East Ridgewood Avenue. Village firefighters, in turn, employed a 95-foot tower ladder to remove them. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report.