LEXINGTON PARK, Md. – On August 4, 2022 while Bay District units were operating on an apartment fire in Lexington Park we were dispatched to 47382 Lincoln Avenue in the South Hampton Neighborhood for an outside fire.
Ridge VFD Engine 41 was performing the fill in at Station 3 and responded. Brush 9 was clearing the apartment fire and also responded to assist.
Units arrived to find a dirt bike to the rear of the old Carver Elementary School tangled in an electric line that had come loose from a power pole, the line was still energized as it was occasionally arcing.
Due to the energized power line the fire could not be extinguished until SMECO arrived and de-energized the power line.
Once the power line was deemed safe by SMECO personnel the booster line from Brush 9 was used to extinguish the fire.
Units operated on scene for over 30 minutes.
Who at SMECO isn’t fixing downed power lines in neighborhoods??? Kids play back there!
Ah yes… the hazardous dirt bike trails of Lincoln Ave.
So, who was operating the dirt bike on school property?…or does the serial number indicate it was stolen?
The electric line that had come loose from a power pole? It just came loose? This article is a joke! Was the rider injured? Was there a rider? Perhaps the dirt bike rode itself there? Is the old Carver School being used as a motocross venue? If nothing else, SMECO’s got some ‘splaining to do!
Travis wouldn’t make comments like this.
Anonymous. Who allows thier kids to ride dirt bikes on public property? Maybe the line just fell and it was not reported.
IS this dirt bike still available or Nahh?
That’s some fashionable PPE on that firefighter… smh
‘Summer’ turnout gear.
I mean it’s not like it’s a blazing inferno, he’s using a garden hose to put it out