MEDIA CONTACT: Mark E. Brady, Chief Spokesperson, 240-508-7930
mebrady@co.pg.md.us @PGFDPIO
Prince George’s County Firefighters
in the Fort Washington area battled a house fire last night that involved a
partial collapse. Just after 10:00 pm,
Fire/EMS units were alerted to a house fire in the 14200 block of Cold Harbour
Drive in Accokeek. Firefighters arrived
to find a 2-story with walkout basement 3600+ sq. ft. single family home with
heavy fire showing. The structure, built
in 2004, was well involved with fire and reported to be unoccupied/vacant. The Incident Commander made a decision to not
allow any personnel inside the structure due to unsafe conditions. Shortly after arrival a partial collapse did
occur of the side of the house.
Fortunately, no injuries occurred on this incident.
It required about 2-hours to knock
down the bulk of the fire. One
contributing factor to the fire duration was that a natural gas line was
feeding it. The utility had to be shut
down before the fire could be extinguished.
Fire Investigators estimated fire
loss at $400,000 and have the listed the cause of the fire as undetermined.
This short video was captured by Fire Fighter/Medic Julius W. Lipscomb III upon his apparatus arrival.
— Julius Lipscomb III (@Jwlfire) May 22, 2015
This fire comes on the heels of
another unoccupied/vacant house fire that occurred on Tuesday, May 19, just
before 5:00 pm. Firefighters arrived to
find fire showing from this house located in the 13000 block of Piscataway
Drive in Fort Washington, less than 3 miles away from the Cold Harbour
location. Firefighters were able to
quickly control and contain this fire within 20 minutes of arrival. No injuries were reported.
Fire Investigators estimated fire
loss at $100,000 and have the cause of this fire as undetermined.
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