BALTIMORE, MD—With Memorial Day weekend right around the corner, families across Maryland will venture outside – either to the beach or the mountains – or maybe just to their backyard. Increased outdoor activities also result in an increase of outdoor fire risks; therefore State Fire Marshal Brian S. Geraci is providing a few common-sense tips that will help Marylanders enjoy […]
HARFORD COUNTY, MD—The Office of the State Fire Marshal is investigating a fire that ripped through multiple townhouses (causing some of them to collapse) and extensively damaged the remaining adjoining units late Saturday night. At around 10:45 p.m. on May 20, 2023, multiple residents called 911 and reported hearing several explosions in the 4700-block of Witchhhazel Way in Aberdeen. Nearly […]
OWINGS MILLS, MD—The Office of the State Fire Marshal and several other agencies are asking for assistance in the ongoing investigation of the massive, 8-alarm wildfire that consumed nearly 700 acres around Soldiers Delight Natural Environmental Area on Tuesday and into Wednesday. A joint investigation between the Office of the State Fire Marshal, Maryland State Forest Service, Department of Natural […]
The following is an open letter to all Marylanders from State Fire Marshal Brian S. Geraci: To: All Marylanders I am here to inform you that the State of Maryland has seen the worst increase in fire deaths in the first three months of 2023 than in any other time in recent decades. Close to 40 Marylanders have lost their […]
FREDERICK, MD—Maryland State Police have identified the man who died following a tanker truck explosion last Saturday in Frederick County. The victim has been identified as Ronald Leroy Heiston Jr., 58, of Smithsburg. At just before noon on Saturday, March 4, troopers responded to Route 15 North, approximately a half mile north of Rosemont Avenue in Frederick, for a report […]
GREENBELT, MD—Two men are facing a federal indictment in Maryland for an arson conspiracy targeting convenience stores. A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Stephen Kennedy, 33, of Temple Hills, Maryland, and Donnell Kelly, 33, of Washington, D.C., for conspiracy to commit arson, arson affecting interstate commerce, commercial robbery, and use of a destructive device in furtherance of […]
JOPPA, MD—Officials from Johns Hopkins Hospital report that Robert G. Kellogg, 38, died on Saturday from injuries he had sustained during a fire inside his Joppa camper-trailer in the fall of last year. At just after 8:15 p.m. on October 18, 2022, a passerby observed a large fire on the property of B&T Services located at 415 Pulaski Highway. Harford […]
UPDATE: The victim has died from his injuries. Original story below… —— JOPPA, MD—Deputy State Fire Marshals are investigating the cause of a fire that critically injured a 38-year-old man and his dog on Tuesday night. At just after 8:15 p.m., a passerby observed a large fire on the property of B&T Services, located at 415 Pulaski Highway. The Harford […]