Update Feb.2 8:55 a.m.
Leonardtown, MD— On Jan.31 at 08:30 a.m., multiple volunteer fire departments responded to Greenwell Hill Lane, Leonardtown, MD for a one single family residence fire.
According to Dfm. Messlia Decker, “The accidental fire was the result of an electrical malfunction involving a lamp within one of the children’s bedrooms. A portion of the house was being rented by a separate family who was not home at the time of the fire.”
Leonardtown, Bay District, Hollywood, Seventh District and Second District Volunteer Fire Departments responded to the house fire. It took fifty firefighters a total of fifteen minutes to control the fire.
The preliminary cause of the fire according to Decker was, “accidental as the result of an electrical malfunction involving a lamp.”
The estimated total lost due to this fire resulted in $150,000 in damage to the structure and contents within the home.
“A total of five adults and three children were displaced as a result of the fire and are being assisted by the American Red Cross,” according to Decker.
Leonardtown, MD – On Sunday, Jan. 31 at 8:40 a.m. crews were dispatched to a house fire on Greenwells Hill Lane in Leonardtown. Units from Leonardtown, Second District, Hollywood, Bay District, Seventh District and EMS units from Leonardtown and Hollywood are on the scene. There are no reports of injuries.
Avoid the area until further notice.
UPDATE at 9:20 a.m.
Sources at the scene report the fire is under control. Both SMECO and the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office are at the scene.
