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Hamilton Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Homicide Investigation Underway After Body Of 57-Year-Old Trenton Man Found In House Fire
The body of a 57-year-old Trenton man was found as firefighters doused a residential blaze on Sunday, Oct. 24, initiating a homicide investigation, authorities said. The fire broke out at a home on the first block of Summer Street just after midnight, the Mercer County Homicide Task Force said in a joint release with the Trenton Police Department. Crews doused the blaze and found the body of 57-year-old Trenton resident Brian Wharton on the first floor, investigators said. Wharton had been staying at the residence where the fire occurred. The circumstances surrounding the fire and Wharto…
Westminster, MD
Police & Fire
Two Displaced By Overnight Maryland Attic Fire Causing Thousands In Damages
A Maryland homeowner is facing thousands of dollars worth of repairs after an overnight attic blaze broke out in Allegany County. Shortly after 12:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 18, a team of 50 firefighters from the Frostburg Volunteer Fire Department responded to a home on Old National Pike in Frostburg when a passerby reported flames coming from the attic of a nearby home. Upon arrival at the one-story, single-family home, the Maryland Fire Marshal said firefighters took approximately an hour to get the fire under control, but not before it gutted the attic. In total, the marshal said that t…
Hagerstown, MD
Police & Fire
DC Residential Fire Displaces 2 Adults, 11 Children
Nearly a dozen children were displaced after a massive residential fire in DC, authorities say. Firefighters were working to contain the blaze in the 3300 block of Croffut Place SE around 9 a.m., Monday, Oct. 17, according to DC Fire and EMS. Update Working Fire 3300 block Croffut Pl. SE. Fire top floor 2 story occupied end row dwelling. Fire knocked down and under control. Residents safely evacuated prior to arrival. No injuries reported. 2 adults & 11 children displaced. Investigators on scene to determine cause. pic.twitter.com/DcDSdgzYFg — DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) October 17…
Stamford, CT
Police & Fire
2-Alarm Fire Breaks Out At Multifamily Residence In Stamford
An early-morning fire broke out at a multifamily residence in Fairfield County. Firefighters received reports of the blaze in Stamford on Fairfield Avenue at about 5 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 29. When authorities arrived at the scene, they found a large fire that extended from all three floors to an attic of the residence, the Stamford Fire Department said. The heat from the fire was also damaging two adjacent multifamily homes, the fire department reported. Authorities said a second alarm was ordered by the first arriving companies due to the amount of fire and the kinds of structur…
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
News
Inferno Levels Home Of Franklin Lakes School Board Member
A ferocious fire leveled the home of a Franklin Lakes Board of Education member. The 2½-story, wood-frame house that Ari Donio and his wife, Eveyln, bought at the corner of Kings Point Trail and Phelps Road less than two years ago was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 25. A partial collapse required a defensive response, with all firefighters being kept outside. A partial collapse of the Kings Point Trail home in Franklin Lakes required a defensive response, with all firefighters being kept outside.FRANKLIN LAKES FD They had the bulk of the bl…
Gaithersburg, MD
Police & Fire
Firefighters Battle Overnight House Fire In Montgomery County
Firefighters worked to battle a residential blaze in Silver Spring overnight, authorities say. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services responded to the reported house fire in the 10600 block of Sweetbriar Parkway in Silver Spring around 11 p.m., Monday, Sept. 12, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue. Authorities say that firefighters found malfunctioning electrical equipment with all occupants accounted for an uninjured after the blaze was contained a short time later.
Elkton, MD
Police & Fire
Pet Cat Revived, Firefighter Injured Battling Maryland Basement Blaze: Fire Marshal
One firefighter suffered injuries battling a basement blaze that broke out in a Maryland laundry room, though first responders were able to revive a pet cat, the state’s fire marshal said. In Allegany County, more than four dozen members of the Cresaptown Volunteer Fire Department responded to a home on Greenfield Crescent SW in Cumberland when a passerby reported a fire that had broken out inside the residence. The incident happened on Sunday, Sept. 11. Officials said that it took a team of 50 firefighters approximately 15 minutes to have the fire under control, but not before it caused …
New Haven, CT
Police & Fire
Firefighter Attacked By Dog While Responding To Blaze At CT Residence
A firefighter was attacked by a dog while responding to a residential fire in Connecticut. Authorities in New Haven County responded to the blaze in Derby at 39 Spring St. at about 5:45 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11, the Derby Fire Department reported. A blaze broke out on the third floor and occupied multiple units in the building, according to the report. Additional units responded from Shelton, Ansonia, and Orange, officials said. The fire department said no civilians were injured in the blaze. Authorities said about 40 firefighters responded to the scene before the blaze was brought under…
Alexandria, VA
News
Owners Leave Shortly Before Virginia Home Leveled By Gas Explosion
An unexpected explosion rocked a Virginia neighborhood on Saturday morning when a house was leveled when a gas tank went up in flames, officials said. The Bristol Fire Department responded at approximately 9:45 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10 to a reported explosion in the 300 block of Booher Springs Road, according to the agency. Officials said the house was destroyed in the incident and a nearby residence was also damaged. At the time of the explosion, no one was inside the residence, and the homeowners reportedly had left shortly after the fire broke out. Video of the aftermath of the exp…
Gaithersburg, MD
Police & Fire
Firefighters Work To Contain Three-Story Apartment Fire In Montgomery County
Montgomery County firefighters are battling a residential blaze that has taken over a three-story building, authorities say. Officials were dispatched around noon, Friday, Sept. 9 to the 11500 block of Amherst Avenue, off of Blue Ridge Avenue after reports of a fire in a three-story garden apartment building, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue. Update (initial dispatch ~12 noon) Amherst Avenue, 3-sty garden apt, fire showing from Terrace level https://t.co/475RplCQQS — Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) September 9, 2022 Upon arrival, flames could be seen from the terrace level of t…
Dorchester, MA
Police & Fire
Neighbor Rescues Mother, Children From 3-Alarm Boston Fire That Displaced 9
A heroic neighbor helped save a mother and her two children who were trapped inside a burning Boston home that was destroyed by at three-alarm fire, authorities said. The fire started at 10-12 Delford Street in Roslindale around 12:10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 3, Boston Fire said on Twitter. Responding crews found people were trapped inside the two-story building, that was quickly going up in flames. At approximately 12:10 heavy fire from 2 1/2 story occupied building building this is now a 3rd alarm all companies are working pic.twitter.com/EqDNixc0Yt — Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) …
Paterson, NJ
News
Four Paterson Houses Aflame In Second Residential Fire Within Hours
Four houses were ravaged by one of two Paterson fires that broke out within hours of one another, responders at the scenes said. Worse was the second blaze, on Marshall Street just off Slater Street, around 4 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 1. Firefighters arrived as flames jumped to the second house. Both became fully involved before what quickly became a four-alarmer spread to another residence -- and then to a fourth -- as they ramped up an exterior attack. All of the homes were occupied, responders at the scene said, adding that more than two dozen people from nine families in all were displaced…
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