UPDATE 2: The NTSB has released its preliminary report here. UPDATE: The victims have been identified 73-year-old Ray Corkran Jr., the homeowner, and 35-year-old Jose Rodriguez-Alvarado, the contracted BGE utility employee. Original story below… BEL AIR, MD—The Office of the State Fire Marshal and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) are continuing their investigation into a house […]
EDGEWOOD, MD—Crews responded to a house fire in the Edgewood area on Wednesday afternoon. At around 2:45 p.m. on January 24, units responded to a house fire in the 3100-block of Sounding Drive. The occupants weren’t home at the time of the fire and it took 20 firefighters about five minutes to control the blaze. The Office of the State […]
UPDATE: Four firefighters were trapped after their engine crashed while responding to this accident. Original story below… EDGEWOOD, MD—Crews responded to a serious crash in Harford County on Tuesday afternoon. At around 12 p.m., units from Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company and Abingdon Fire Company responded to a motor vehicle collision in the 1000-block of Pulaski Highway. Firefighters had to use […]
UPDATE: Fire officials credit smoke detectors with savings the occupants’ lives. Original story below… —— Crews are on the scene of a Saturday morning house fire in Joppa. At just before 7 a.m., units responded to the 400 block of Timber Lane. At the scene, firefighters found heavy fire showing from a two-story dwelling. Crews are on the scene from […]
Crews battled a house fire in Joppa early on Monday morning. At just before 2 a.m., firefighters responded to the 100 block of Haverhill Road (21085). At the scene, fire personnel found heavy fire showing from a duplex. Crews from White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company, Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company, Abingdon Fire Company, Fallston Fire Company, Kingville Volunteer Fire Company, and […]
Crews are on the scene of a Sunday afternoon house fire in Joppa. At just after noon, units responded to the 1700 block of Old Joppa Road (21085). At the scene, firefighters found smoke showing from the basement of a single-family dwelling. Crews from Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company, Fallston Fire Company, Abingdon Fire Company, Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company, and […]
Fire personnel responded to an apartment fire in Joppa early on Friday morning. It marked the fourth local dwelling fire in six days, and the second in two days along Trimble Road. At just after 2 a.m., firefighters responded to a call for smoke coming from an apartment in the 300 block of Trimble Road in Joppa. Units from Joppa-Magnolia […]
Crews from several local fire companies responded to a house fire in the Joppa area early Thursday morning. At just after 2 a.m., firefighters from Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company, Aberdeen Proving Ground Fire & Emergency Services, Kingsville Volunteer Fire Company, and White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company responded to the 400 block of Trimble Road. At the scene, crews found a […]