fires
- Two pets died and another suffered from smoke inhalation after a house fire Sunday evening on Gladstone Court.
- Two people were injured and taken to area hospitals Friday after a boat fire in Abingdon, according to the Harford County fire and EMS service.
- Baltimore County fire officials responded to a blaze at a Woodlawn house caused by a lightning strike Thursday afternoon.
- An Edgewood woman was arrested Monday and charged with three counts of murder in connection with a fire May 9 in Edgewood that killed three people.
- An abandoned warehouse caught fire in West Baltimore.
- Firefighters faced an uphill battle as they responded to a fire that destroyed a two-story home in Mount Airy early Tuesday.
- A fire at a house in the 2400 block of Calvary Road near Creswell caused roughly $200,000 in damage Wednesday night.
- Baltimore firefighters Monday were dispatched to the Port of Baltimore for a fire that sent thick black smoke billowing from the city’s cruise terminal.
- A retired Baltimore firefighter stormed a burning house in Westminster on Friday morning in an attempt to rescue a dog trapped inside.
- New Windsor residents gathered along Main and High Street to enjoy rides, games, food and the parade for the Fire Department’s annual carnival.
- Howard County fire crews are battling a two-alarm house fire in Woodbine, officials said Tuesday.
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Marriottsville Road reopened following house fire in Howard County; fire remains under investigation
Howard County fire officials say five people and a pet dog will be displaced after a Marriottsville home fire Thursday morning. - Baltimore County fire officials said the fire was reported around 2:24 a.m. in the 3400 block of Barry Paul Road.
- A fire on the front porch of a Churchville house owned by Ashley Addiction Treatment sustained about $20,000 in damage Monday.
- Fire broke out in the attic of a Hampstead home in the 1300 block of N. Main St. on Friday morning, but was quickly extinguished with no injuries reported.
- The fifth fatal fire victim in Baltimore County this year died May 11, a day after the small, accidental grease fire broke out.
- Baltimore County firefighters battled a dwelling fire at a “large Victorian balloon frame” house with heavy fire showing. It was under control at 6;27 p.m
- A firefighter was injured in a fire Saturday May 4 at an apartment building on E. Green Street in Westminster.
- A Baltimore man was sentenced to 15 years with all but seven suspended for committing arson in a Westminster apartment building.
- A building on the University of Maryland campus in College Park was evacuated Wednesday after a lab experiment caught fire, according to university and fire officials.
- Four people were displaced Sunday after their mobile home was destroyed by fire, state fire officials said.
- A jury has convicted a wealthy stock trader of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in the fire death of a man who was helping him secretly dig tunnels for an underground nuclear bunker beneath his Maryland home.
- Fire crews responded to a Spirit Airlines flight that was having difficulties at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport Wednesday morning.
- Jurors are set to hear closing arguments Tuesday in the trial of 27-year-old Daniel Beckwitt. The wealthy stock trader is charged with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in the September 2017 death of 21-year-old Askia Khafra.
- Officials say two young women were injured and six people were displaced after a fire started at a Baltimore County apartment complex Thursday morning.
- Fire crews responded to the 5800 block of E. Lombard St. around 10:40 a.m. after a person was struck by an Amtrak train while trying to cross the tracks, said fire department spokeswoman Blair Adams.
- A 52-year-old woman died in a house fire in West Baltimore's Shipley Hill neighborhood, according to the Baltimore City Fire Department.
- The Office of the State Fire Marshal is asking the public for help in identifying the owners of a vehicle connected with the arson of a shed in Westminster on Sunday, April 7.
- A home in Dundalk was fully consumed by flames before the fire was put out Wednesday, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department.
- Christopher Slutman was a 15-year FDNY member and former Kentland Volunteer Fire Department firefighter who was among three American service members killed by a roadside bomb Monday.
- An Aberdeen man has been charged with attempted arson and related charges after Deputy State Fire Marshals accused him of attempting to start a fire within an occupied apartment building.
- Daniel Beckwitt, a 27-year-old millionaire who grew up in the house, was charged with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in the September 2017 death of Askia Khafra.
- The fire marshal is asking for the community’s help identifying a person they believe is responsible for an arson attempt Thursday night at an Aberdeen apartment complex.
- Deputy Chief Stephen Stanton of the North Beach Volunteer Fire Department said State Fire Marshal Brian Geraci confirmed the two deaths in Wednesday's fire in Chesapeake Beach.
- Two dogs died in a fire that caught on multiple vehicles and a dog kennel in the yard of an Eldersburg residence Wednesday, according to the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
- State fire officials are asking that anyone with information about a mobile home fire Friday in Aberdeen to contact them.
- A residential fire at East Broadway and North Shamrock Road in Bel Air caused about $100,000 in damages. No injuries were reported.
- Baltimore County fire crews worked to extinguish a house fire reported in the 3500 block of Green Cone Drive, officials said.
- A man was burned Wednesday afternoon after an RV caught fire, a spokesperson for the Harford Volunteer Fire & EMS Association said.
- D.J. Goodman received the award for alerting his grandparents to a house fire in Lochearn last year when he was just nine years old.
- Fire crews are battling a blaze at an apartment on Lake Cliff Court in Baltimore County, according to the Lutherville Volunteer Fire Company.
- A family escaped from a blaze that seriously damaged a Finksburg home on Armacost Avenue Sunday, March 24.
- Firefighters battled the blaze in the 10500 block of Liberty Road for more than an hour, officials said.
- Fire officials said a house that burned Wednesday in the 2900 block of Hughes Road in Finksburg was a total loss.
- A fire in the walls caused an estimated $3,000 damage to a home in Pylesville late Wednesday morning, fire officials said.
- The Baltimore Fire Department found a woman's body after a house fire in Southwest Baltimore's Saint Josephs neighborhood overnight.
- Firefighters saved a dog from a house fire in Westport.
- The Office of the State Fire Marshal is investigating an early morning fire at a vacant house in Sykesville, the agency posted on its Facebook page.
- Firefighters on scene reported heavy fire through the roof of Bolen's Bull Pen Tuesday night, Feb. 26. The building of the Sykesville restaurant was a total loss.
- A woman was found dead Tuesday after a fire in a vacant rowhouse in the New Southwest-Mount Clare neighborhood, according to Baltimore fire officials.