Susquehanna Hose Company firefighters were able to extinguish a fire in a Havre de Grace barn on Thursday afternoon with no injuries and only minimal damage. Just after 1:45 p.m. on Thursday, emergency personnel were dispatched to the 2000 block of Level Road for a reported fire in a 20-ft by 40-ft pole barn. The […]
Barn Burns on Emily Bayless Graham Park Property in Abingdon
A group of local children playing in the woods on Thursday afternoon discovered a barn fire on the Emily Bayless Graham Park in Abingdon. Just before 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, emergency personnel were dispatched to Wheel Road West, between Wheel Road and Holly Wreath Drive, in Abingdon for a reported fire in a vacant barn […]
Firefighters Operate Farm Equipment, Toss Smoldering Bales to Prevent Level Barn Fire
From the Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal: Firefighters prevented the further spreading of a barn fire in Level on Friday morning by hopping on farm equipment and moving it out of harm’s way. Just before 10:15 a.m. on Friday, emergency personnel were dispatched to the 3500 block of Old Level Road in Havre […]
Welding Sparks Ignite Fire, Destroying Forest Hill Barn
Welding sparks and wind gusts worked in unison to ignite nearby hay and start a fire that destroyed a barn in Forest Hill on Wednesday morning. Just before noon on Wednesday, emergency personnel were dispatched to the 100 block of Chestnut Hill Road in Forest Hill, Harford County where a one-story agricultural barn was fully […]
Bel Air Pig Barn Damaged in Monday Morning Fire
(Photo courtesy Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company) A wooden pig barn was damaged in a small fire in the Bel Air area Monday morning, fire officials said. The fire was reported just before 9 a.m. in a 10-foot by 10-foot pig barn in the 3000 block of Lochary Road in Bel Air, according to a […]
White Hall Barn Gutted by Fire Friday Afternoon; Four Cattle Killed
(Photo courtesy Norrisville Volunteer Fire Company) A fire which broke out in a one-and-a-half story barn in White Hall gutted the structure and killed several cattle, fire officials said. The fire was reported by a passerby in a large barn in the 5100 block of Jolly Acres Road in White Hall at 1:30 p.m., according […]
Port Deposit Man Killed in Jarrettsville Barn Collapse Wednesday Afternoon
From the Harford County Sheriff’s Office: [December 11, 2013 Jarrettsville, MD] — A Cecil County man was killed in a building collapse earlier today after the roof of the 1 ½ story building on which he was working shifted both collapsing and killing him. At approximately 3:00pm, Daniel Paul Dixon, 32, of Port Deposit, Maryland […]
Fallston Barn Fire Kills Three Dozen Animals, Damages Building
A fire which broke out in a Fallston barn Friday afternoon claimed the lives of nearly three dozen chickens and hens and caused an estimated $80,000 in damage, fire officials said. The fire was reported just after 2 p.m. Friday by the occupants of a 40-foot by 25-foot barn in the 800 block of Reckord […]