CHARLESTOWN â The last of four volunteer firefighters who suffered burns while battling an intentionally-set house blaze near North East earlier this month returned home Friday night - in ceremonious fashion - after spending nine days at the Bayview Burn Center in Baltimore.
A motorcade comprised of eight fire and police vehicles streamed into the Charlestown Volunteer Fire Company parking lot shortly after 8 o clock that evening, with sirens blaring and emergency lights flashing.
Standing in a line near the entrance, fellow firefighters and other well-wishers were there to greet the procession. Chesapeake City Volunteer Fire Company and Singerly Volunteer Fire Company fire trucks were present, too, as were some of their members.
NORTH EAST — An investigation is continuing to identify the person or people who torched a vacant mobile home near North East last week, resulting in four volunteer firefighters suffering