Volunteer firefighters take a break Thursday, after extinguishing a blaze that heavily damaged the Elkton home behind them. The fire displaced an unspecified number of people who lived in that Hollingsworth Manor home, and the American Red Cross is assisting them, fire officials reported.
A volunteer firefighter and three men confer Thursday, after a blaze heavily damaged one unit of the Elkton duplex near them. The fire displaced an unspecified number of people who lived in that Hollingsworth Manor home, and the American Red Cross is assisting them, fire officials reported.
Pictured in this file photo, a Singerly Volunteer Fire Company captain walks up the street towards a heavily damaged Elkton home that SFC and other local firefighters extinguished a blaze in. Singerly has proposed an increase to the funding they receive from the Town of Elkton, which is likely to go to referendum during the town’s 2024 election.
Volunteer firefighters take a break Thursday, after extinguishing a blaze that heavily damaged the Elkton home behind them. The fire displaced an unspecified number of people who lived in that Hollingsworth Manor home, and the American Red Cross is assisting them, fire officials reported.
CECIL WHIG PHOTO BY CARL HAMILTON
A volunteer firefighter and three men confer Thursday, after a blaze heavily damaged one unit of the Elkton duplex near them. The fire displaced an unspecified number of people who lived in that Hollingsworth Manor home, and the American Red Cross is assisting them, fire officials reported.
CECIL WHIG PHOTO BY CARL HAMILTON
Elkton house fire
Pictured in this file photo, a Singerly Volunteer Fire Company captain walks up the street towards a heavily damaged Elkton home that SFC and other local firefighters extinguished a blaze in. Singerly has proposed an increase to the funding they receive from the Town of Elkton, which is likely to go to referendum during the town’s 2024 election.
ELKTON — An investigation is continuing after a blaze heavily damaged one unit of a duplex home in Elkton on Thursday morning, displacing an unspecified number of occupants, according to fire officials.
Singerly Volunteer Fire Company of Elkton and Charlestown Volunteer Fire Company responded to the 200 block of Hollingsworth Manor shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday, after receiving an emergency dispatch regarding a structure fire, fire officials said. Singerly Volunteer Fire Company served as the on-scene command unit, fire officials added.
Approximately 20 volunteer firefighters battled the blaze for about 10 minutes, before bringing it under control, fire officials reported. Firefighters were able to contain the blaze to the kitchen, according to fire officials, who further reported that the dwelling sustained smoke and water damage, in addition to fire damage.
No one was injured, fire officials said. Firefighters reportedly rescued pets from the house, fire officials added.
The American Red Cross is assisting the displaced residents, fire officials reported.
A Maryland Office of the State Fire Marshal detective was dispatched to the scene to determine where the blaze started and what caused it, according to fire officials.
As of early Thursday afternoon, the MOSFM had not released any information about the investigation into the Hollingsworth Manor house fire and about the estimated monetary damage the blaze caused to the structure.
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