May 24, 2021
UPDATE 5/25/ 2021 @ 7:15 a.m.: The following is an official update from the Fire Marshals Office:
As the sun begins to rise in Southern Maryland, Deputy State Fire Marshals are beginning to get a clearer picture of last night’s devastating multi-alarm fire in Solomons.
Around 10:45 p.m. on May 24, 2021, firefighters were dispatched to 13860 HG Trueman Road for a building fire. Firefighters arrived to find the small strip mall located just before the Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge ablaze.
Multiple fire departments from Calvert, St. Mary’s, and Charles counties responded to the scene to assist in bringing the fire under control. Firefighters were successful in rescuing two pets from Solomons Veterinary Medical Center. No injuries have been reported.
2 pets rescued amid blaze at southern Maryland strip mall
May 25, 2021
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SOLOMONS, Md. (AP) Two pets were saved from a veterinary medical center when a fire broke out at a southern Maryland strip mall on Monday night, State Fire Marshals said.
Firefighters dispatched around 10:45 p.m. for a building fire found the strip mall in Solomons ablaze. Fire departments from Calvert, St. Mary’s, and Charles counties responded to bring the fire under control, officials said.
The business affected are Solomons Veterinary Medical Center, Patuxent Adventure Center, Vintage Treasures and Used Furniture, Tiki Tanning and Boutique, and HLW Electric.
Firefighters were able to rescue two pets and no injuries were reported, officials said.
An 18-story, timber high-rise under construction in Vancouver. (Photo: Acton Ostry Architects/University of British Columbia) High-rise construction is polarizing in U.S. cities, and faces several barriers. The cost of building towers is higher per square foot than for low-rise buildings; the carbon emissions from concrete- or steel-frame construction are environmentally hazardous; and a lot of urban dwellers just plain don’t like towers. But tall buildings bring all kinds of benefits to cities, and a new construction style vertical timber frame – could reduce at least some of their liabilities.
The International Code Council (ICC), a trade group which sets a “model” building code followed by many cities, now lauds wood-frame buildings of up to 18 stories constructed with cross-laminated timber (CLT). That stance may surprise some people since wood has traditionally been a less sturdy and more fire-prone material, seemingly unfit for ve
Credit: Office of the State Fire Marshal
A Cecil County woman is accused of setting her occupied house on fire and then pulling up a chair to watch it burn.
At 1:15 pm, Thursday, April 29, local fire departments met after calls of a fire at the unit block of Cherry Lane in Elkton were reported.
Witnesses said they saw 47-year-old Gail Metwally set multiple fires to her Elkton home and then sit on a lawn chair right out front just watching. Bystanders in the unit block of Cherry Lane heard shouts coming from the house and were able to pull another woman from a basement window.
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April 22, 2021
EASTON, Md. – Fire officials say a candle is to blame for an apartment fire Wednesday afternoon in Talbot County.
We’re told the fire was reported just after 3 p.m., in a second floor apartment in the 400 block of Moton Street. Firefighters with the Easton Volunteer Fire Department responded to the scene to extinguish the fire, which took approximately 20 minutes.
Maryland State Fire Marshals were called in to investigate, determining that the fire began when the occupant placed a lit candle in the bedroom window, which inadvertently ignited nearby combustibles. The occupant reportedly tried to distinguish the fire as it began, but the fire quickly spread uncontrollably.