Posts Tagged ‘house fire’
East Isabella Street Fire Under Investigation
A Salisbury woman was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation after fire broke out in her East Isabella Street home last evening just before 6. Salisbury Fire officials say there was a smoke alarm present, but it did not activate. Investigation shows the fire began in a first floor bedroom – the cause remains…
Read MoreUPDATED: John Edward Cropper Convicted in 2021 Harbor Road Arson Fire in West OC
UPDATED – 09/15/22 – A Worcester County jury has found John Edward Cropper guilty of arson. The arson fire occurred on June 22, 2021 on Harbor Road in West Ocean City and destroyed a home, a boathouse and damaged three other home. Two firefighters were also hospitalized. Cropper lived on Stephen Decatur Highway at the…
Read MoreHouse Catches Fire, Partially Collapses in Worcester Co.
A home that stood for more than 90 years has been wrecked by a fire in Worcester County. Members of the Snow Hill Volunteer Fire Company and other departments responded to the fire on McGrath Road in Eden early Monday morning. The home was occupied at the time of the fire, which spread through the…
Read MoreUpdate: Electrical Fire Causes $1-M Damage to Home at Rehoboth Beach Yacht & Country Club
(latest update) A fire causes about $1,000,000 damage to a home in the Rehoboth Beach Yacht and Country Club early Wednesday. According to the Delaware State Fire Marshal’s office, members of the Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company responded to a fire alarm at about 4:00 a.m. on West Side Drive. The alarm system also alerted…
Read MoreTree Crushes Salisbury Home; Downed Power Lines Ignite Fire
A house in Salisbury caught fire this week, after being damaged by a large tree.According to the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office, the tree was very large and a majority of the house on Emerson Avenue collapsed Wednesday night. Downed power lines apparently sparked the fire.No injuries were reported. Salisbury firefighters had the fire under…
Read MoreFire Causes $500,000 Damage to Bethany Lakes Home
A fire Tuesday morning heavily damaged a home in the 31,000-block of May Drive in Bethany Lakes. According to the Delaware State Fire Marshal’s Office, members of the Millville Volunteer Fire Department encountered flames and smoke coming from the single-family home at about 9:30 a.m. The home was occupied at the time, and everyone got…
Read MoreRehoboth Beach House Fire Leaves Firefighter With Possible Heat Exhaustion
A house fire in Piney Glade sent a Rehoboth Beach firefighter to a local hospital early Monday morning.According to the Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company, firefighters encountered heavy fire throughout the burning home on Fir Drive Extended. Lewes firefighters also responded, and they worked for more than 30 minutes to bring the fire under control.…
Read MoreNeighbor Alerts Sleeping Resident To House Fire In Worcester Co.
A fire spread from a shed to a travel trailer on the east side of Berlin where someone was sleeping inside Thursday.According to the Worcester County Fire Marshal’s Office, a neighbor noticed the fire on Mary Road was spreading out of control Thursday morning and alerted the sleeping individual and other residents.Everyone got out safely.Members…
Read MoreDewey Benefit Will Assist People Affected By Recent Fires
The Dewey Beach community will try to help some of their own, at a special benefit this week.A fire swept through three local homes last month, and although there were no injuries there was extensive property damage.Wednesday night between 7:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m., 100% of the door charge of $20 and alcohol proceeds at…
Read MoreFire Damages Unoccupied Home In Oak Orchard Area
A fire at an unoccupied home in the Oak Orchard area is under investigation.According to the Indian River Volunteer Fire Company, the blaze was reported in a two-story home on Hersel Davis Road Tuesday afternoon. Flames were poking from the structure when firefighters arrived.No injuries were reported.The Delaware State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the…
Read MoreElectrical Fire Heavily Damages Home
A fire heavily damaged a home in West Ocean City Tuesday.According to the Ocean City Fire Department, firefighters entered the burning home on Old Bridge Road to search for any occupants. Everyone was accounted for, and no injuries were reported.An investigation conducted by the Worcester County Fire Marshal’s Office determined that the cause of the…
Read MoreFire Guts Milford Home; One Person Injured
One man suffered burn injuries and was flown to a hospital for treatment from the scene of a house fire in Milford early Monday. According to the Delaware State Fire Marshal’s Office and the Carlisle Fire Company, the fire broke out in the 700-block of Cicada Lane just off Bay Road (Route 1) at about…
Read MoreHouse Fire Leaves Firefighter, Occupant With Minor Injuries
A firefighter and one occupant of a home suffered minor injuries following a blaze in Caroline County over the weekend.According to the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s office, the fire started Saturday morning at the home on Camp Road in Denton. A dog and a cat also perished in the fire. The Red Cross is assisting…
Read More7 Displaced Following House Fire In Salisbury
Seven people have been displaced following an early morning house fire on Barclay Street in Salisbury. The blaze broke out before dawn Tuesday. The fire apparently originated on the second floor. No injuries were reported. The American Red Cross is assisting the people who were displaced by the fire. The Maryland State Fire Marshal is…
Read MoreFire Causes $150,000 Damage To Home In Delmar
A home in the 14,000-block of Line Road in Delmar was heavily damaged by a fire Wednesday morning. According to the Delaware State Fire Marshal’s Office, members of the Delmar Fire Department were met by smoke and flames coming from the single-family home when they arrived shortly after 8:00 a.m. One occupant got out safely…
Read MoreAccidental Fire Heavily Damages Salisbury Home
An accidental fire, caused by discarded smoking materials, heavily damaged a home in Salisbury this week. According to the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office, a pet cat perished in the blaze Wednesday afternoon on Pine Way. The fire broke out in a first floor living room. Smoke alarms were present and activated. No injuries were…
Read MoreFire Scorches Home In Cambridge, Md.
A fire left a single-family home in Cambridge with heavy damage Monday. No one was injured in Monday evening’s fire along School House Lane, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office. The fire apparently began in a second-floor bedroom. Smoke alarms were present and activated. Damage is estimated at $100,000 to the home and…
Read MoreFirefighters, Retirees Step Up To Help Displaced Family
A Talbot County family of five that lost everything in a recent house fire – including Christmas gifts – is being helped in a big way. The Maryland State Fire Alumni Association and staff with the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office Upper Eastern Region raised donations of gift cards and gifts for Barbara Gray, who…
Read MorePortable Heater Malfunction Sparks House Fire In Talbot Co.
A house fire in Talbot County resulted from an unspecified malfunction in a portable heater. According to the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office, the fire broke out Wednesday afternoon on Blades Road in Cordova. The heater fire started in a bedroom. No one was injured. Damaged caused to the home and its contents is estimated…
Read MoreAttic Fire Spreads, Damages Home In Long Neck Area
A home in the Peninsula Lakes neighborhood of the Long Neck area has been heavily damaged by a fire. According to the Indian River Volunteer Fire Company, the blaze on Purple Martin Circle broke out Tuesday evening. The fire apparently started in the attic area above the back porch and extended to the exterior of…
Read MoreSalisbury Home Damaged By Electrical Fire
A house fire in Salisbury Monday afternoon was electrical in nature, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office. At about 3:28 p.m., a fire broke out out at a two-story home on Tuscola Avenue. Someone who was passing by discovered the fire, which originated in a first-floor bathroom. An electrical failure in an extension…
Read MoreFire Heavily Damages Bethany Beach Home
State Fire Marshal investigators are searching for the cause and origin of a fire that heavily damaged a home north of Bethany Beach last night. Bethany Beach firefighters were called for a 2 alarm fire on Seaside Drive around 11:30 Saturday night. Crews arriving at the scene found a three story beachfront home engulfed in…
Read MoreUPDATED: 1 Firefighter Slightly Hurt At Dewey Beach House Fire
UPDATED – 9/27/21 2pm – Lewes firefighters wee called to a residential fire Sunday morning just before 8:30. Crews arriving at the scene found smoke and flames coming from the structure and additional companies were called to assist. The one occupant of the home was able to escape without injury. State Fire Marshal investigators are…
Read More2 Hurt In Harrington-Area House Fire
A house fire near Harrington has sent two people to hospitals. According to the Delaware State Fire Marshal’s Office, the blaze broke out at about 12:30 a.m. early Friday in the 3,000-block of Jackson Ditch Road. Houston Volunteer firefighters arrived to find flames engulfing the house. A 14-year-old boy was being treated at Crozer Medical…
Read MoreCar Fire Spreads, Heavily Damages Lewes Home
A fire in Lewes caused no injuries but left a home heavily damaged Wednesday night. According to the Delaware State Fire Marshal’s Office, the fire broke out Wednesday shortly before 7:00 p.m. in the 35,000 block of Peregrine Road. Flames were shooting from the garage when firefighters arrived. Investigators said a car that was running…
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