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At 1:30 a.m. the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services was dispatched to the 6600 block of Carlinda Avenue in Columbia to assist Howard County Police. Special Operations units arrived and reported a driver trapped in a vehicle submerged
Two firefighters were hospitalized after battling a basement fire in Ellicott City.
Units were dispatched to the 2000 block of Diane Lane at 5:12 PM for a report of smoke coming from the house across from the caller’s address. Engine 82 arrived to find smoke showing from a single family house and, working
The Howard County Department of Fire & Rescue Services’ 911 center received a telephone call at approximately 10:15p.m. on Wednesday, July 13, 2011, reporting a large fire in a commercial building in the 7400 block of Washington Boulevard in Elkridge. Units were dispatched and arrived on scene within 4 minutes, reporting a working fire
BWI AIRPORT -Rescuers from the Elkridge station assisted BWI Airport rescuers with extricating a man from a conveyor belt.
At approximately 8:45 PM, rescuers were dispatched to BWI Airport’s gate D-1 to assist BWI Airport Fire & Rescue, who were working to free a man’s arm from a conveyor belt. The crew from Rescue
COLUMBIA, MD – Firefighters quickly extinguished a kitchen fire on Green Dory Lane in Columbia.
At approximately 6 PM, firefighters were dispatched to a reported kitchen fire on Green Dory Lane in Columbia. They quickly arrived to find a working fire, and additional resources were dispatched, but were not used. The fire was quickly
ELKRIDGE, MD -Rescuers freed two patients who were trapped in their vehicle when it turned onto its side in Elkridge.
Rescuers were dispatched to a report of a crash with unknown injuries in the area of Route 1 and Montgomery Road in Elkridge at approximately 5 PM. As units were responding, the Howard County
COLUMBIA, MD – A fire in a three story apartment building has left two firefighters injured and displaced several residents.
At approximately 10:15 AM, firefighters were dispatched to a reported apartment fire in the 5600 block of Columbia Road. As personnel were approaching the scene, a large column of smoke was observed and a
A second alarm townhouse fire on Old Ellicott Circle in Ellicott City has left three townhouses with severe damage.
Firefighters were dispatched for a report of a garage on fire in the 10500 block of Old Ellicott Circle at approximately 12:48 PM; units quickly arrived to find heavy fire showing from a 3 story,
Firefighters struggled to contain a wind driven brush fire in the 3800 block of Manor Lane in Ellicott City, requiring more than forty firefighters from as far away as Carroll County to control the more than twenty acres that were ablaze. Maryland Department of Natural Resources also assisted on the fire.
A two vehicle crash at the intersection of Route 1 and Montevideo Road in Jessup has left a man battling critical injuries.
At about 1:35, rescuers and emergency medical personnel were dispatched to the intersection for a report of a motorcycle crash. Personnel arrived to find one person laying on the ground, unconscious. A