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Port Chester, NY
Police & Fire
Residents Evacuated After Rags Spontaneously Combust In Port Chester Home
Residents of a home in Westchester had to be evacuated after a used rag pile spontaneously combusted in their residence, starting a fire. The incident happened on Saturday, March 4, around 1:45 p.m., when a Port Chester police officer on patrol noticed smoke coming out of the second story of a house on Olivia Street. He then quickly sprang into action, evacuated the residents, and called the village's fire department. Once arriving, firefighters made their way to the second floor of the home and found a pile of rags that had caught on fire. They quickly extinguished the blaze an…
Towson, MD
Police & Fire
Death Count Rises After Fully-Engulfed Dundalk Rowhome Fire, ATF Joins Investigation
Officials have confirmed at least two people have died after becoming trapped with several others inside of a rowhome that went up in flames in Dundalk. Baltimore County Fire and Rescue officials were called to the home in the 8500 block of Kavanaugh Road after reports of a residential fire in the late morning hours of Tuesday, Feb. 28. ATF Special Agent Certified Fire Investigators, Task Force Officers, & Accelerant Detection K9 Spice are in Dundalk, MD assisting @BaltCoFire & @BaltCoPolice partners with identifying origin & cause of a fire where two adults died. Follow @Ba…
Towson, MD
Police & Fire
At Least One Dead After Several Trapped In Fully-Engulfed Dundalk Rowhome Fire
One person has died after becoming trapped with several others inside of a rowhome that went up in flames in Dundalk. Baltimore County Fire and Rescue officials were called to the home in the 8500 block of Kavanaugh Road after reports of a residential fire in the late morning hours of Tuesday, Feb. 28. Crews arrived to find heavy fire throughout the home and confirmed at least one victim dead. Update, fatal fire, 8500 blk Kavanagh Rd., Dundalk: A third person who was inside the house when fire started escaped from a window & has been located unharmed. Two adult victims have not ye…
Bowie, MD
Police & Fire
Early Morning Fire Destroys Landover Home
A residential fire destroyed a Landover home on Thursday morning, officials say. Firefighters were called to a home in the 6700 block of Hawthorne Street on the morning of Thursday, Feb. 23, according to a Prince George's County Fire Department spokesperson. The two-story townhouse had gone up in flames when rescue personnel arrived, displacing two residents who were uninjured in the blaze. Townhouse Fire, 6700 Blk Hawthorne St, Landover. At 0943 hours, PGFD responded for fire in a two story residential townhome, fire is under control. No reported injuries. Two residents displaced and…
Towson, MD
Police & Fire
Multiple Rowhomes Go Up In Flames Overnight In Baltimore
Baltimore firefighters were hard at work overnight as a pair of fires broke out in area dwellings hours apart. Crews were first called to a home in the 2400 block of North Calvert Street for reports of a fire around 7 p.m., on Thursday, Feb. 16, according to a Baltimore Fire Department spokesperson. Officials were able to contain the flames to the second floor of the three-story rowhome, they said. 🔥DWELLING FIRE🔥2400 blk N Calvert St 21218#Barclay@TheRobertStokes#BMORESBravest on scene with a fire on the 2nd floor of a 3 story row home. pic.twitter.com/VNBztjhETI — Baltimore Firefight…
Worcester, MA
Police & Fire
Residents Rescued, Displaced By Basement Fire At Central Mass Home: Report
Twelve people were displaced and one was taken to the hospital after a three-alarm basement fire tore through a home in Central Massachusetts, officials and reports said. Fitchburg Fire responded to the fire at a 8 Plymouth Street on Thursday morning, Feb. 16, Fitchburg Fire said on Facebook. 02/16/2023 07:45 Earlier this morning, Group 4 companies responded to 8 Plymouth St for the report of a residential... Posted by Fitchburg Fire Department on Thursday, February 16, 2023 Three people were rescued from the top floor the home and one was taken to the hospital, Boston25 reports. Off…
Towson, MD
News
Woman Seriously Burned In Parkville House Fire
A residential fire in Baltimore County left a woman fighting for her life, authorities say. The woman suffered serious injuries after the fire, which occurred at a home in the 7900 block of Beverly Avenue in Parkville, Baltimore County fire officials said shortly before 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 8. Emergency personnel rushed the woman to the Bayview Burn Center for treatment of what were described as "serious injuries." A woman was rescued by firefighters after a residential fire in the 7900 blk of Beverly Ave. #parkville | EMS transported the patient to Bayview Burn Center with se…
Worcester, MA
Police & Fire
Central Mass Firefighters Battle Back Flames In Home's Basement
Firefighters in Holden rushed to a home on Zottoli Road earlier this week when someone saw smoke pouring from someone's basement, officials said. The two-alarm fire was first called in just after 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 1. Flames licked the side of the home as they poured out of the basement window as firefighters arrived. But crews were able to contain the fire before it spread to the rest of the home. There was damage to the basement and other floors. No injuries were reported.
Norwalk, CT
Police & Fire
Attic Fire Heavily Damages Norwalk Home
A fire that started in a finished attack, heavily damaged a Norwalk home with smoke and water. The fire started around at the Norwalk home located at 150 Chestnut Hill Road around 1 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 18. The residents were able to self-evacuate. No one was injured, said Deputy Chief Michael McCallum. Some 29 firefighters who responded with two trucks were able to bring the fire under control in 25 minutes, McCallum said. The home sustained heavy fire and smoke damage. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, McCallum said.
Towson, MD
Police & Fire
Firefighters Rescue One Trapped In Two-Alarm Maryland Blaze
One person was rescued from a Randallstown home on Monday morning when a fast-moving two-alarm fire broke out, officials say. First responders from multiple agencies were sent to the 4100 block of Powells Run Road shortly before 9:45 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 16, where there was a reported fire that quickly engulfed the home with smoke that could reportedly be seen in neighboring counties. RANDALLSTOWN 46-12 4100 BLK POWELLS RUN RD | RESIDENTIAL FIRE W/ RESCUE & TANKER TASK FORCE. VICTIM RESCUED BY... Posted by Baltimore County Volunteer Firefighters Association on Monday, January 16, …
Mechanicsville, MD
Police & Fire
Homeowner Suffers Burns To Head, Hands During Early-Morning Maryland Blaze: Fire Marshal
The Maryland State Fire Marshal said that a homeowner in St. Mary's County suffered burns to his hands and head when an expensive early-morning blaze broke out in a Ridge residence. Shortly before 2:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 20, more than five dozen firefighters - largely from the Ridge Volunteer Fire Department - responded to a stretch of the 16000 block of Bradburn Lane, when there was a report of a fire that had sparked from a fireplace inside the home. It took a team of 65 firefighters less than a half-hour to knock down the flames and get the fire under control, but not before it did a…
Towson, MD
Police & Fire
Police ID Woman Killed In Massive Two-Alarm Maryland Townhouse Fire, Officials Say
New information has been released by police investigators as they continue to probe a fatal two-alarm fire that took the life of a Baltimore County woman in White Marsh. Amanda Nicole Altman, 41, of the unit block of Wolf Trap Court in White Marsh, has been identified by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner as the one fatality in a massive blaze that broke out in her townhouse, officials announced on Wednesday, Nov. 30. First responders were dispatched to Wolf Trap Court at approximately 4 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 20, where there were reports of a fire that broke out with people trapped i…
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