A failing sump pump may have sparked a fire that seriously damaged a home and killed a family pet in Kingsville on Sunday afternoon.
Just after noon on Sunday, emergency personnel were dispatched to the 1700 block of Old Joppa Road in Kingsville for the report of a dwelling fire in a one-story, single family home.
The owner/occupant of the home discovered a sump pump failure approximately 30 minutes prior to the discovery fire in the basement. She was next door at her daughter’s home for a child’s birthday party when she and others observed smoke coming from the home.
Twenty-five firefighters from the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company responded to the single-alarm fire and had it under control within 10 minutes.
The Office of the State Fire Marshal estimated the fire caused $50,000 in damage to the structure and another $25,000 in damage to its contents. There were no injuries reported. A dog was able to escape, however, a cat perished in the fire.
The preliminary cause remains under investigation.
What about the half dozen other fire companies that it took to fill your single alarm box. What about the fact that the chief waited until heavy smoke was showing to fill the box and get a 1 alarm assignment headed that way. That’s sad, but welcome to hazard county. Nothing will ever change!
Wat’sup bro? Don’t clown on J-Mag Volleys man, at least they show up.
Just passed an 2 car crash in the area of B&O road/Pulaski Highway about 30 minutes ago, JMag-Volley “fire engine” there proudly with it’s emergency lights flashing. Don’t Abingdon Fire Company have a long bar harbor station? Literally like 1.5 miles away.
I’m not interested in being apart of these little volunteer political empires and these days would rather get service than 4th due volunteer fire company. Come on dispatchers, 10-99 them crews. HAH HAH HAH
Whatever happened with the Harford Fire Facts Facebook? County take that dispatch info from public info? Loved seeing all the driver only ambulances and failure to respond fire responses.
What is with your fire departments up there? They seem to be at war with each other. Every article that has your local fire fighters commenting on it, the comments seem to down the other fire departments. Who cares if they are volunteers or a municipal fire company? You guys both put out fires and when there is a really bad fire you guys work the fires together to accomplish the goal of putting it out. It would seem to me that ALL firefighters should compliment the others when they accomplish their tasks, instead of degrading the other departments of your county. When a house is on fire, the enemy is the fire, not the other fire departments……..
There’s nothing wrong with multiple fire companies filling another companies “box” or whatever the hell it’s called, when it’s needed, aka manpower. More the better.
A county run fire apparatus company will have it’s own issues, but I certainly believe residents having 2nd, 3rd, and 4th due fire companies show up is becoming a real disservice.
What’s the answer that is not having a more active volunteer staffed company show up to another area’s “calls” because no one showed up?
I praise the county is at least laying the ground work.
When an ambulance shows up “driver only” as in, no EMS provider onboard, you have to wonder why the hell did you even drive here?
At least the dog escaped, now hopefully uncle Jerry Scarborough doesn’t catch him
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1992-03-22/news/9213002788_1_scarborough-poisoning-trooper
Bunch of squirrels that couldn’t make it as a paid firemen. They couldn’t extinguish a flaming bag of dog poop.
I bet that cat was fried REAL GOOD!!!!!!
I doubt it was the sump pump that caused it
How do you like your cat – well done with A1 sauce? LOL!!!!!
It’s hard to put out fires when everyone is running around with gasoline soaked rags hanging from the asses.