From the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company: At 10:41 am Thursday, July 17, Harford County Emergency Operations dispatched a reported house fire in the 600 block of Winesap Court, Joppa. In addition to units from the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company (JMVFC), fire engines from the Kingsville Volunteer Fire Company, White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company and the […]
Mikulski, Cardin Announce $82,000 in Federal Funds for Fire-Fighting Equipment
From the office of U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski: WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Barbara A. Mikulski and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) today announced the Abingdon Fire Company has been awarded $82,800 in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program to purchase life-saving firefighting equipment. As the Chairwoman of […]
Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company Responds to Electrical Fire at Industrial Site
From the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company: An electrical fire inside a control room kept the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company and Baltimore Gas and Electric busy for about an hour this morning. Just as the clock was striking 10:00 a.m., the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company (JMVFC) was alerted for an electrical hazard at Harford Industrial Minerals, […]
Aberdeen Home Severely Damaged in Monday Evening Fire
An Aberdeen home sustained severe damage in a Monday night fire, the cause of which remains under investigation. A passerby reported the fire at approximately 10:51 p.m. at a two-story home in the 400 block of Roberts Way in Aberdeen, according to a release from the Office of the State Fire Marshal. A total of […]
12-Yr-Old and 15-Yr-Old Charged with Arson; Allegedly Set Fire to Parks and Recreation Building in Street
From the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office: Deputy State Fire Marshals have charged two Street juveniles with intentionally setting fire this afternoon. The two juveniles are twelve and fifteen years of age and were identified by a team of investigators from the State Fire Marshal’s Office. Investigators determined that the youths broke out a glass […]
Fallston Burger King Heavily Damaged in Sunday Morning Fire
The Burger King restaurant at the intersection of Mountain Road and Route 1 sustained more than a half-million dollars in damages in a Sunday morning blaze, fire officials said. The fire at the restaurant, located in the 300 block of Mountain Road, was discovered in the venting system above the broiler in the kitchen at […]
Porta-Pot Burned at Bakerfield Elementary School Sunday Night
A porta-pot located on the grounds of Bakerfield Elementary was destroyed in a Sunday night fire lit by an unknown person or persons, fire officials said. The fire was reported by a passerby at Bakerfield Elementary on Baker Street in Aberdeen just after 9:30 p.m. Sunday, according to a release from the Office of the […]
Vehicle Stolen from Baltimore County Found Afire in Bel Air
A vehicle reported stolen from Baltimore County was found on fire in a residential area of southern Bel Air Saturday night, fire officials said. A resident of the 600 block of Plumtree Road reported the fire in the interior compartment of a 2004 Ford Expedition at approximately 11:42 p.m., according to a release from the […]
