Maryland
Maryland Fire Marshal investigates fire
BALTIMORE — Maryland State Fireplace Marshal’s Workplace is investigating a hearth that somebody deliberately began in entrance of the door of a vacant constructing on Thanksgiving Day, in keeping with authorities.
First responders realized that there was a hearth at 255. S. Bridge Road in Elkton, Maryland, a couple of minutes after 7 p.m., authorities stated.
A passerby initially found the hearth, hearth officers stated.
Somebody—or maybe a couple of individual—”deliberately ignited a pillow and positioned it subsequent to the entrance door,” in keeping with the Workplace of the State Fireplace Marshal.
An Elkton police officer arrived on the vacant constructing earlier than firefighters did and used a conveyable hearth extinguisher to extinguish the flames, hearth officers stated.
The estimated injury from the hearth is roughly $50, authorities stated.
Anybody with details about the hearth ought to name the hearth marshal’s Northeast Regional Workplace tip line at 410-386-3050, hearth officers stated.