Maryland
Firefighter Injured Battling Blaze At Apartment Set By Teen: MD State Fire Marshal
EDGEWOOD, MD — A firefighter was taken to the hospital after injuring a hand while battling a fire at the Village of Lakeview Apartments.
The fire broke out shortly after 7 p.m. June 24. The two-story apartment building, located at 1851 Edgewater Drive, had smoke and fire alarms but they didn’t activate, according to the Maryland Office of the State Fire Marshal.
Around 20 firefighters with the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company took five minutes to gain control of the fire, which was limited to the outside of the building. Residents discovered the fire, which the fire marshal’s office says was set by a juvenile who was lighting four boxes of air filters on the ground. That caught the window on fire. The building sustained $1,000 in damage, the fire marshal reported.