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Mother Drops Infant From Window, Crawls Through Flames To Escape Midnight Fire Mother Drops Infant From Window, Crawls Through Flames To Escape Midnight Fire
Mother Drops Infant From Window, Crawls Through Flames To Escape Midnight Fire A Maryland mother made an unthinkable decision after the clock struck midnight on Monday morning — dropping her 6-month-old son from a second-floor window to his father as fire tore through their home and they scrambled to escape. The dramatic rescue unfolded in Elkton on Monday, Jan. 26, just after midnight, when a fire broke out inside a townhome on Thyme Street, officials said. A mother and her infant son were asleep in an upstairs bedroom when the fire ignited, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office. Smoke and flames quickly overtook the staircase, preventing the child's…

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Hero Maryland Teen Saves Siblings From Fiery Air Fryer Blaze In DMV: Officials Hero Maryland Teen Saves Siblings From Fiery Air Fryer Blaze In DMV: Officials
Hero Maryland Teen Saves Siblings From Fiery Air Fryer Blaze In DMV: Officials A 14-year-old Maryland girl is being praised for keeping her cool under pressure and getting her younger siblings to safety after a kitchen fire broke out while the kids were home alone. Shortly after 12:20 p.m. on Tuesday, July 15, crews were called to a townhouse fire on the 600 block of Burlington Court in Edgewood, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal. Investigators said the fire started in the kitchen of the two-story middle-unit townhouse while three children were cooking French fries in an air fryer with no adults home. The 14-year-old began to smell smoke and went to invest…

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Two-Alarm Fire Tears Through Fairfax County Home Two-Alarm Fire Tears Through Fairfax County Home
Two-Alarm Fire Tears Through Fairfax County Home Fairfax County firefighters sprang into action early on Saturday morning after a raging two-alarm blaze tore through a home in the Crosspointe neighborhood, officials said. The fire broke out around 4:45 a.m. in the 9200 block of Cross Oaks Court on Feb. 22, where crews arrived to find heavy smoke and flames engulfing a single-family home, according to Fairfax County Fire and Rescue. With all residents safely out of the home, firefighters launched an aggressive attack, officials said, though the intensity of the blaze forced them to switch to defensive operations, tackling the fire from out…

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by Zak Failla