May
8, 2004
Fire hits two story building
in MD
Photos and story by Jason
Deale
May 8 - While units from Stations 5 (Dunkirk),
6 (Huntingtown), 1 (North Beach), and 2 (Prince Frederick) were clearing
Box 5-03 in Dunkirk, at 0311 hours Communications dispatched Commercial
Box 6-02 in Huntingtown, MD.
Stations 6, 2, 5, and 1 responded to 2555
Solomons Island Road North(Route 4) and arrived with fire showing from
the roof of a two story building. A second alarm and a tanker task force
was called for due to heavy fire and the area being non-hydrant. Engine
6-2, 2-2, 5-1, and 1-2 made an aggressive attack on the fire and knocked
the bulk of it out. Tower 2 used the master stream to knock the rest of
the fire in the roof out. Units were held on the scene for two hours overhauling
the building. The fire is under investigation by the Maryland State Fire
Marshall's office. |