Dwelling Fire- Brooklyn Park
Date: March 1, 2019
Time: 5:33 p.m.
Location/Address: 254 Edgevale Road West, Brooklyn Park, MD 21225
Type of Incident: Dwelling fire
Description of Structure/Property: Two-story, end of the group townhome
Injuries or Deaths: A 63-year-old male occupant was able to evacuate the home prior to the arrival of firefighters. Paramedics transported him with serious but not believed life-threatening symptoms of smoke inhalation to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center for possible treatment at the Center for Hyperbaric Medicine
Estimated Dollar Estimated Dollar Loss: $20,000
Smoke Alarm Status: None present in the home
Assisting Fire Departments: Baltimore City Fire Department
# of Alarms: 1 alarm # Of Firefighters: 33
Time to Control: 15 minutes
Discovered By: Neighbors
Area of Origin: Basement
Preliminary Cause: Undetermined, under investigation
Additional Information: Firefighters responded to 9-1-1 calls reporting smoke and flames coming from the basement of the dwelling. Arriving firefighters extinguished a basement fire in a two-story end of group townhome in about 15 minutes. Four adults and three children have been displaced as a result of the fire.