The chief of the Huntingtown Volunteer Fire Department (Company 6) reports that several firefighters were dispatched to a house fire on East Chesapeake Beach Road in Chesapeake Beach Nov. 20 around 10 p.m.
According to Company 6 Chief Jonathan Riffe, units from Huntingtown and the North Beach Volunteer Fire Department (Company 1) arrived and found the one-story home with “heavy fire throughout.” Riffe reported the blaze “was knocked down within minutes.”
Units and personnel from Dunkirk (Company 5) and Prince Frederick (Company 2) were also dispatched to the scene. According to a report posted by Company 5, an occupant of the house sustained burns to the legs and was flown to a hospital.
No further details were divulged. When contacted, a spokesman at the Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Southern Regional Office reported the agency was not dispatched and no investigation by that agency was conducted.
Contact Marty Madden at marty.madden@thebaynet.com
