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A longtime popular restaurant and liquor store sustained
significant damage from a fire this morning.
Tuckers Restaurant, 9205 Marlboro Pike, in Upper Marlboro was built in
1969 and has been operating since then.
At around 3:30 am firefighters were alerted by a 911 caller reporting
smoke coming from the roof. The first
arriving engine from the Forestville Fire/EMS Station #823 reported on the
scene with heavy smoke showing.
Tuckers is a large 1-story strip that includes a liquor
store, lounge and restaurant with carry out.
They are normally open from 7:00 am until 12 midnight. Firefighters searched for the seat of the
fire and initiated efforts to extinguish. The majority of the fire was located in the
attic/roof area which continued to extend rapidly and grow in intensity. After 30 minutes of battling the fire all
firefighters were evacuated from the building, as incident commanders feared a
roof collapse was imminent.
Firefighters established an exterior attack on the fire
using “master streams” providing a high volume of water from extended
ladders high above the structure.
A 2nd and 3rd Alarms were sounded
bringing additional firefighters, apparatus and support vehicles. There were about 100 firefighters and medics
on the scene and in a staging area. Incident commanders reported the bulk of the
fire was extinguished at 5:10 am. No injuries
were reported.
The cause of the fire is under investigation and fire
loss estimates are still being tabulated.
DC News FOX 5 DC WTTG
DC News FOX 5 DC WTTG
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