At 8:35PM a call went out with a report of a houseboat fire on Placid Harbor Way in Hollywood. One patient has been transported to the hospital for burn injuries.
Our reporter is on the scene. More info to come…
UPDATE:
At 8:35 P.M. on Tuesday, December 6, 2011, fire crews were dispatched to a boat fire in Placid Harbor off of Placid Harbor way with dispatch receiving multiple phone calls about it. Crews arrived on scene to find a single house boat well engulfed in fire with the fire contained to the boat. Crew quickly made an attack on the fire while EMS initiated care for the single patient who had burns to his face and hands. As crews knocked down the fire, they discovered a shine on the water which they believed was fuel and they called for the hazmat team contain it. The Maryland State Fire Marshals office and the Department of Natural Resources in order to conduct an investigation. We have been informed that a male subject did live on the boat. The last fire/EMS unit cleared the scene at 10:21 P.M.
Responding Units:
St. Mary’s –
Hollywood VFD Co. 7 – Chief 7A, Engine 73, Engine 74, and Truck 7
Bay District VFD Co. 3 – Engine 33 and Squad 3
Seventh District VFD Co. 5 – Boat 5 and MSU 5
Bay District VFD Co. 9 – Chief 9B, Engine 93, and Tower 9
Hollywood VRS Co. 79 – Ambulance 799 and Chief 79
Lexington Park VRS Co. 38 – Ambulance 387
St. Mary’s Hazmat Co. 18 – Hazmat 181 and Hazmat 183
Calvert –
Solomons VRSFD Co. 3 – Boat 3 and Engine 31
