Townhouse Fire in Ellicott City Damages 3 Townhouses

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,

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Large Wind Driven Brush Fires Throughout the State Keep Firefighters Busy

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 second brush

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Second Alarm House Fire Sends One to Shock Trauma in Elkridge

Two men jumped from the second floor of their two story house as fire engulfed it.

The call went out for a reported house fire with people trapped in the 6300 block of Loudon Avenue in Elkridge at about 11:53 PM. Fire service personnel arrived to find a single family house with heavy fire

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Garage Fire in Ellicott City

ELLICOTT CITY, MD – Firefighters battled a garage fire on Dunleer Road, but kept it from spreading to the house.

Shortly before 2 PM, firefighters were dispatched to the 2700 block of Dunleer Road in the Bethany section of Ellicott City. The first arriving unit arrived to find a working fire in the garage,

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Firefighters Battle Two Alarm House Fire in Clarksville

DAYTON, MD – Firefighters battled a fire in a large garage and basement of a single family house.

Firefighters were alerted to a reported garage fire at approximately 11:45 PM in the 13800 block of Dayton Meadows Court, in Dayton. Fire service personnel arrived to find heavy smoke and fire showing from a large

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Firefighters Battle House Fire in Elkridge

Firefighters  battled a house fire in the Nottingham Village neighborhood of Elkridge.

Firefighters were dispatched to a reported house fire in the area of the 6400 block of Sedgwick Street at approximately 9:14 PM. While responding, the 9-1-1 center began to receive multiple calls reporting a house fire; Howard County Police officers arrived on

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Compactor Fire in Elkridge

ELKRIDGE, MD – Numerous units from Howard, Baltimore and Anne Arundel counties battled a fire in a large warehouse.

At approximately 8 AM, firefighters were dispatched to a fire in the 7100 block of Kit Kat Road in Elkridge. Units arrived to find a large warehouse with fire in the compactor and conveyor belt

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Baltimore County Firefighter Falls in the Line of Duty

Reposted from Statter911.

Message from Baltimore County Fire Department Chief John J. Hohman

This week the Baltimore County Fire Service lost Mark G. Falkenhan, a veteran career and volunteer firefighter who died trying to rescue residents of a Hillendale apartment complex from a four-alarm fire.

On behalf of the Fire Department, I offer my thanks

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