(Millersville, MD) For the 72 hour period beginning at midnight on Friday, June 17th, the Anne Arundel County Fire Department responded to 704 incidents.
Incidents of Media Interest Since Midnight
Two Alarm Dwelling Fire Pasadena
One occupant received minor injuries, and a home was heavily damaged in a two-alarm fire this morning in Pasadena. Just after 4:15 a.m. multiple callers to 911 advised of the front porch of a house on fire in the 3500 block of Cokesbury Court. First arriving firefighters reported a two-story single family dwelling fully involved in fire and requested a second alarm. Fifty firefighters brought the fire under control in less than 20 minutes. Working smoke alarms alerted the three occupants of the home to the fire, providing them time to escape safely before the arrival of firefighters. An adult male resident of the home was transported to Baltimore Washington Medical Center with minor injuries. Firefighters and investigators remain on the scene, and no damage estimate is available. The Red Cross is assisting two adults and a juvenile who have been displaced.
Incidents of Media Interest Sunday, June 19th:
The department responded to 212 incidents (daily average is 220).
Dwelling Fire Brooklyn Park
Twenty-four hours before this morning’s fire in Pasadena, five people were injured and a home destroyed in a fire early Sunday morning in Brooklyn Park. Just after 4:15 a.m. multiple 911 calls were received reporting a house on fire in the 200 block of Ball Park Drive. Upon arrival, firefighters found eight occupants who had escaped the fire after being alerted by working smoke alarms and heavy fire to the rear of the dwelling that was extending to the attic and roof area. Fifty firefighters from Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, and BWI Thurgood Marshal Airport rendered aid to several injured occupants and brought the fire under control in about 50 minutes.
As a result of the fire, a 3-year-old female was transported by paramedics to the Pediatric Trauma Center at John Hopkins Hospital with critical, possibly life-threatening injuries. Paramedics also transported a 25-year-old male, 24 and 7-year-old females, and a 7-month old female to the John Hopkins Bayview Burn Center with non-life threatening injuries. Additionally, one firefighter was transported to Baltimore Washington Medical Center with minor injuries.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation and losses are estimated at approximately $300,000.
Incidents of Media Interest Saturday, June 18th:
The department responded to 243 incidents.
Injured Person Annapolis
One person was seriously injured as the result of a long fall from a parking garage at Annapolis Mall Saturday night. Just after 9:45 p.m. firefighters responded to the area of the red garage at the mall for an injured person. Firefighters located a 17-year-old male in the parking lot who had fallen approximately 40 feet after jumping over a wall. The patient mistakenly believed he was jumping to another area of the garage at the same level. A Maryland State Police helicopter was requested and landed at the Bestgate Recreational Park. The patient was flown by helicopter to Shock Trauma with injuries that were serious but not believed life-threatening.
Incidents of Media Interest Friday, June 17th:
The department responded to 249 incidents.
Fatal Motor Vehicle Collision Riva
One person was killed and others severely injured in a single-car accident Friday night in Riva. Around 10:40 p.m. firefighters responded to the area of Beards Point Road and Beards Creek Court for a reported auto accident with occupants trapped and ejected. Arriving firefighters found a single vehicle accident with one passenger trapped and a second passenger ejected. The trapped front seat passenger, a 44-year-old male, was declared deceased at the scene. A 20-year-old male rear seat passenger was ejected from the vehicle and was treated by paramedics before being flown to Shock Trauma by Maryland State Police helicopter with injuries that were critical and possibly life-threatening. A second rear seat passenger, a 30-year-old female was transported by paramedics to Shock Trauma with critical, life-threatening injuries. The 43-year-old female driver of the vehicle was transported by paramedics to Shock Trauma with injuries that were serious but not believed life threatening.
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