<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2PfiSN_1H4hqUK100" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2PfiSN_1H4hqUK100" width="800" height="500" ><figcaption>Photo courtesy of the Funkstown Volunteer Fire Company</figcaption></figure>An outside fire burned through back yards along Links View Drive on Thursday afternoon, damaging fences, trees and a shed on multiple properties, while one of the fire engines sent to help was involved in a traffic collision on the way, according to fire officials and emergency radio traffic.Dispatchers sent crews to the 400 block of Links View Drive shortly before 12:50 p.m. for a reported shed fire. The caller reported an outside fire that had spread to a neighbor’s shed.The call fell in the first-due area of the Funkstown Volunteer Fire Company, Washington County Company 10. The box alarm also brought engines from other companies, a ladder truck, a rescue engine and a medic unit.Where the yards meetFunkstown Fire Chief Jerry Keplinger said the call came in as a structure fire because people believed a shed was burning. Instead, he said, it turned out to be an outside fire that spread to a shed and to fencing, with damage to trees as well.Keplinger said the fire started at a point where the back corners of several properties come together. Firefighters had to get over a 5-foot privacy fence on one property, and a plastic fence on another property caught fire.Crews found a gate, but command also called for a ladder. An attic ladder was taken off the ladder truck and carried to the rear yards.Engine 3 reported on scene at about 12:52 p.m. By about 12:58 p.m., command reported water on the fire with most of it knocked down, and crews moved on to hot spots. Officers radioed that the fire had not extended inside the shed.Keplinger said multiple properties had damage, which is why the fire marshal was called in. He said the shed and the fence that burned belonged to different owners. The cause is under investigation. No injuries were reported at the fire, and officials have not released a damage estimate.Engine involved in collisionA few minutes into the response, the crew of Engine 261 from the Halfway Volunteer Fire Company radioed that it had just been involved in a vehicle collision. The crew asked dispatchers to send an assignment to the accident, along with the Washington County Fire and Rescue safety officer, and to contact their chief. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office was already on scene.Tri-State Alert News has reached out to the Halfway Volunteer Fire Company for details on the accident, including how badly the engine was damaged and whether it can remain in service. Tri-State Alert News has no information on any injuries.Dispatchers sent Engine 271 from the Long Meadow Volunteer Fire Company to the fire to replace the engine involved in the accident. Keplinger said the accident did not affect the firefight. Crews already on scene kept working the fire.A seasonal reminderWith fall cleanup underway, fire officials across the region regularly urge residents to keep burn piles well away from buildings, fences and trees, keep a hose or water close by, never leave a fire unattended and check local burning rules before lighting anything.Tri-State Alert News will update this story as more information becomes available from the fire marshal’s office and the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.</div></body>

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An outside fire burned through back yards along Links View Drive on Thursday afternoon, damaging fences, trees and a shed on multiple properties, while one of the fire engines sent to help was involved in a traffic collision on the way, according to fire officials and emergency radio traffic. Dispatchers...

Outside Fire Damages Multiple Properties; Responding Fire Engine Involved in Accident

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An outside fire burned through back yards along Links View Drive on Thursday afternoon, damaging fences, trees and a shed on multiple properties, while one

Outside Fire Damages Multiple Properties; Responding Fire Engine Involved in Accident

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