A two-story wood-frame house in Calvert County was totally destroyed by a fire sparked by a wood stove, state authorities reported. According to the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office, the blaze, which occurred at a house on Chaneyville Road in Owings, was reported around 12:19 p.m. Sixty firefighters from Calvert, St. Mary’s, Charles, Anne Arundel and Prince George’s counties were dispatched to the two-alarm fire. It took crews two hours to control the flames.
There were no injuries reported.
The Calvert County Sheriff’s Office had portions of Chaneyville Road shut down for over 10 hours. School buses leaving Northern High and Northern Middle schools were rerouted.
“The fire was determined to be accidental from fire spreading into the walls from a wood stove,” Dfm. Jeff Nelson stated. “The balloon frame construction of the house spread the fire throughout the house, making it difficult for the fire departments to extinguish. The house was completely destroyed. The family was displaced and is being assisted by other family members.”
The estimated loss is $175,000.
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