Photos Courtesy of Anita Austin
NEWBURG, Md. – Crews from the Charles County Volunteer Fire Department prevented a small underground fire from spreading in a power plant during the early hours of Wednesday, April 18. Reports say around 2:30 a.m., an employee at the GENON Coal Power Plant noticed a fire in an underground coal train car.
Fire/EMS o/s small fire at the GENON Coal Facility in Newburg. Fire is isolated to a “coal train car”, no injuries, 19 personnel o/s
— CC Volunteers_PIO (@ccvfireems) April 18, 2018
Crews arrived on scene and worked to find an access point to safely extinguish the flames. After several hours, crews had the scene under control around 5:30 a.m. No injuries were reported from the fire.
