Tanker truck overturns, explodes on I-795

UPDATE 2: The Baltimore County Fire Department has provided more information and released additional photos from the crash scene here. UPDATE: Authorities say the tanker truck was filled with heating oil. The driver was transported to Shock Trauma for treatment of their injuries. No other injuries were reported. Metro service has also been shut down. Original story below… PIKESVILLE, MD—Motorists […]

Explosion, 2-alarm fire reported at Back River Waste Water Treatment Plant

UPDATE: Hazmat crews are being dispatched.  Multiple areas on fire in the building, according to the White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company. Portions of the building are reportedly detaching.  Multiple people are now being evacuated.  No injuries have been reported. Original story below… DUNDALK, MD—Crews are on the scene of a two-alarm fire in Essex/Dundalk. At around 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, […]

Maryland State Police identify victim in fatal tanker truck explosion in Frederick County

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 […]

Tanker truck explodes in Frederick, fire spreads to multiple homes [VIDEO]

UPDATE: Maryland State Police have identified the man who died in this explosion. UPDATE: Authorities say the driver of the tanker truck has died. Original story below… ——— FREDERICK, MD—Crews are on the scene after a tanker truck exploded in Frederick, MD on Saturday afternoon. The explosion occurred at around 12:45 p.m. on March 3 along US 15. Maryland State […]

Overnight transformer fires knock out power in Carney

CARNEY, MD—Multiple transformer explosions knocked out power to some local residents overnight. At around 4 a.m. on Monday, transformer fires broke out at the BGE station along Northwind Road in Carney. Witnesses reported being awakened by three or four loud booms, then seeing several fire trucks and BGE vehicles arrive at the scene. Power was knocked out to several neighborhoods […]

Ohio man admits to making bomb, driving to Maryland to kill romantic rival

BALTIMORE, MD—An Ohio man has admitted to making a bomb and driving it to Maryland with the intent to kill his romantic rival. Clayton Alexander McCoy, 32, of Chesterland, Ohio, pleaded guilty this week to transporting explosives with intent to injure and to possession of an unregistered firearm/explosive device, in connection with an explosion at a home in Carroll County. […]

Essex man killed in Cecil County boat explosion

ESSEX, MD—Maryland Natural Resources Police are investigating after an Essex man was killed in a weekend boat explosion in Cecil County. Authorities say Michael Steinmetz, 69, died in Saturday night’s explosion on the Bohemia River. A good Samaritan tried to save Steinmetz but he was pronounced dead at the scene, according to MyEasternShoreMD.com. The Cecilton Volunteer Fire Company reports that […]