PERRY HALL, MD—Crews responded to a utility pole fire on Belair Road on Tuesday afternoon. At around 3 p.m., units from White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company responded to Belair Road between Honeygo Boulevard in Perry Hall and Sheradale Drive in Kingsville. At the scene, crews found arcing power lines and a utility pole fire. The incident caused brief power outages […]
CARNEY, MD—Multiple transformer explosions knocked out power to some local residents overnight. At around 4 a.m. on Monday, transformer fires broke out at the BGE station along Northwind Road in Carney. Witnesses reported being awakened by three or four loud booms, then seeing several fire trucks and BGE vehicles arrive at the scene. Power was knocked out to several neighborhoods […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Amtrak rail service in Maryland was disrupted on Friday night. At approximately 7:30 p.m. on December 23, the company said that all traffic between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. had been stopped due to a powerline outage. “We will be sure to provide updates as we get more information,” officials said in a statement. There has been no ETA on […]
GAITHERSBURG, MD—The pilot and passenger of a single engine plane that crashed into a power line tower in Montgomery County on Sunday evening have been rescued and transported to an area hospital for medical treatment. The pilot has been identified as Patrick Merkle, 66, of Washington, D.C. He was operating a Mooney Mike 20P single engine plane. One passenger on […]
UPDATE: The pilot and passenger have been rescued. Original story below… —— GAITHERSBURG, MD—Maryland State Police are on the scene of a single-engine plane crash in Montgomery County where rescue efforts are underway. The plane involved is a Mooney Mike 20P single engine plane. Both the pilot and the passenger are reportedly unharmed inside the aircraft and awaiting rescue. At […]
ESSEX, MD—An Essex high school will be closing early on Thursday, Baltimore County Public Schools officials have announced. Due to a downed electrical pole and power outage in the area, Chesapeake High School STEM Academy will close at 12:45 p.m. All afternoon and evening activities have also been cancelled for October 27th. Chesapeake high School is located at 1801 Turkey […]
UPDATE 2: BCPS has sent the following communication was sent to Eastern Tech parents and families… Dear Parents and Guardians of Eastern Technical High School, This morning, a student was involved in a motor vehicle accident in which a transformer was struck resulting in a power outage. Once we were notified, the students were seen by the nurse. There were […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—Severe storms knocked out power to several local residents on Monday afternoon. Storms rolled through northeastern Baltimore County at just after 4:30 p.m., resulting in storm warnings being issued and creating some ominous cloud formations. At 5:30 p.m., over 850 power outages were reported in the Seven Courts community. There has been no ETA on when power will be […]