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Kitchen fire and rescue 200 block Pennsylvania Avenue, Westminster Thursday, July 2, 2015


WESTMINSTER FIRE ENGINE and HOSE COMPANY No. 1
Kitchen fire and rescue 200 block Pennsylvania Avenue, Westminster
Thursday, July 2, 2015

DATE: July 2, 2015 208 Pennsylvania Avenue apartment fire – 200 block Pennsylvania Avenue, Westminster

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Labels: Fire CC Depts, Fire CC Depts 03 Westminster, Fire CC Depts 03 Westminster PIO, Fire Safety, MD State Fire Marshall

DISPATCH TIME: 17:11 (5:11 p.m.)

LOCATION: 208 Pennsylvania Avenue - 200 block Pennsylvania Avenue, Westminster

INCIDENT Classification:  FIRE SUPPRESSION - EMS/RESCUE

INCIDENT DESCRIPTION: At 5:11 p.m. Carroll County firefighters and EMS personnel were dispatched to a report of a building fire in 200 block Pennsylvania Avenue, Westminster - BOX:0331 DUE:E31 E91 E61 E101 RS9 TO3 T2 X37 CS6

The emergency response was quickly upgraded in response to a report that individuals were trapped in the fire.

In addition to units from the Westminster Fire Engine and Hose Co. No. 1, firefighters and EMS personnel and multiple emergency response units of Carroll County volunteer fire companies 6, 9, 10, 2 and 4 responded: 6 – Pleasant Valley, 9 – Reese, 10 – New Windsor, and 4 – Manchester.

INITIAL ON-SCENE UNIT, Initial Findings, and ACTIONS TAKEN: Westminster first arrived on the scene at 5:18 with Engine 33. Westminster assistant chief Jim Starry in command.

Upon arrival, smoke was evident from the first floor of what appeared to be a structure divided into two apartments, one on the first floor and a second apartment on the second floor.

The emergency responders from Westminster quickly identified one individual inside the structure and one individual outside that appeared to be not moving, perhaps unconscious.

Maryland State Police aviation units were requested.

Westminster firefighters rescued an unresponsive woman from the first floor and located and responded to an unresponsive male outside the dwelling.

Other than suffering from smoke inhalation, the condition of the woman was unknown. Both the male and the female were transported to Carroll Hospital.

Maryland Senior Deputy State Fire Marshall Bruce D. Bouch later reported that both individuals were treated and released from Carroll Hospital.

The fire was declared under control in a short period of time after some quick action by Westminster firefighters which quickly prevented the fire from spreading.

Units remained on the scene for about an hour. Firefighters reported that the fire may have originated in the kitchen. The source of the fire appeared to be two pots on the stove with the burners turned-on high. Firefighters turned-off the burners and ventilated the apartment.

At present, there are no reports of any emergency responders injured in the response.

In addition to Carroll County firefighters, and an initial dispatch of Maryland State Police aviation – which was subsequently terminated when it was determined that the individuals could be transported by ambulance to Carroll Hospital; officers from the Westminster city police responded as well as personnel from the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, and the Maryland State Fire Marshalls Office.

According to Deputy Fire Marshall Bruce D. Bouch, investigators have made a preliminary determination that the fire was accidental as a result of unattended cooking on the stove in the kitchen.

Bouch further cautioned that folks ought to always stay in the kitchen while cooking. “If you have to leave the kitchen, turn the stove off,” reminded Bouch.

The incident and the fire remains under the joint investigation by the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s office and the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office.

Report filed by Westminster Volunteer Fire Department public information officer Chaplain Kevin E. Dayhoff. The Westminster Volunteer Fire Department may be reached at (410) 848-1800. 
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Related: 

Two sent to Carroll Hospital after Westminster kitchen fire

By Jon Kelvey Carroll County Times
Contact the reporter
July 2, 2015 6:15

http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/local/ph-cc-pennsylvania-ave-house-fire-20150702-story.html

Westminster people were hospitalized with potentially life-threatening injuries Thursday evening after a kitchen fire in the 200 block of Pennsylvania Avenue in Westminster, according to a Westminster fire company spokesman.


Read much more here: http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/local/ph-cc-pennsylvania-ave-house-fire-20150702-story.html
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