Tuesday, April 12, 2011

MD Firefighters Survive Roof Collapse

From WUSA9.com, a close call in Maryland:
Prince George's County firefighters survived a close call, after a roof collapsed while they were battling a blaze in Beltsville Monday morning.

It happened at the 4100 block of Ulster Road. Firefighters arrived to a burning two-story, single family home with an attached garage at around 10 a.m., officials said.

Heavy flames and smoke were coming out of the home when firefighters were heading in to fight the fire, officials said. That's when part of the roof fell into the burning home.

A precautionary second alarm was sounded as fire consumed the garage and had extended into the second floor and roof area.

As firefighters were searching for any people inside the home, they thought the roof might collapse and they evacuated the home. They continued to fight the fire from outside the home.


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