Barn Fire

FiresHampstead: Firefighters from Hampstead, Manchester, Reese and Arcadia in Baltimore County responded at 3: 40 a.m. Sunday to a barn fire in the 200 block of Lees Mill Road.Lineboro: Firefighters responded at 9: 06 p.m. Friday to an auto fire in the 2700 block of Wool Mill Road.Pub Date: 3/16/99

FireUnion Bridge: Firefighters assisted Frederick County at 5: 30 p.m. Monday, responding to a barn fire in the 13000 block of Good Intent Road. Units were out 3 hours.

FiresHampstead: Firefighters from Hampstead, Reese and Arcadia in Baltimore County responded at 4: 18 p.m. Sunday to a shed fire in the 100 block of Houck Road. Units were out 45 minutes.Manchester: Firefighters responded at 11: 26 p.m. Saturday to a woods fire in the 3400 block of York St. Units were out 13 minutes.Manchester: Firefighters responded at 6: 36 p.m. Saturday to a cleanup detail at Routes 27 and 30. Units were out 22 minutes.Hampstead: Firefighters from Hampstead and Manchester assisted Baltimore County at 1: 42 a.m. Saturday on a barn fire in the 17000 block of Foreston Road.

FiresTaneytown: Firefighters from Taneytown, Union Bridge, Harney, Emmitsburg in Frederick County, and Littlestown and Kingsdale, Pa., responded at 8: 44 p.m. Tuesday to a building fire in the 500 block of E. Baltimore St. Units were out 21 minutes.Pleasant Valley: Firefighters from Pleasant Valley, and Littlestown and Kingsdale, Pa., responded at 6: 50 p.m. Tuesday to a barn fire on Blacks Schoolhouse Road. Units were out 39 minutes.Pub Date: 4/22/99

FiresPleasant Valley: Firefighters responded at 8: 33 a.m. Saturday to a controlled burning on Old Taneytown Road. Units were out one hour.Harney: Firefighters assisted Adams County, Pa., responding at 12: 55 a.m. Saturday to a barn fire on Route 15 near Route 134. Units were out 33 minutes.

FiresMount Airy: Firefighters responded at 11: 49 p.m. Saturday to a trailer fire in the 1500 block of Florence Road, Howard County. Units were out 20 minutes.Winfield: Firefighters from Winfield, Mount Airy and Lisbon, Howard County, responded at 7: 38 p.m. Saturday to a barn fire in the 7500 block of Woodbine Road. Units were out 40 minutes.Mount Airy: Firefighters responded at 6: 09 p.m. Friday to an auto fire at Christy Acres Circle and Wind Ridge Road. Units were out 15 minutes.Pub Date: 3/02/99

FireNew Windsor: Firefighters from New Windsor, Union Bridge, Taneytown, Harney, Libertytown and New Midway in Frederick County responded at 1: 18 p.m. Saturday to a barn fire in the 100 block of Pipe Creek Road. Units were out more than five hours.

Harney Volunteer Fire Company installed new officers at its annual banquet.They are Donald Yingling Sr., fire chief; James Waybright, president; John Harner, vice president; Richard Yingling, secretary; Leonard Bowers, treasurer; Adam Brown, assistant treasurer; Robert Baughman, recording secretary; George Clingan, chaplain.The county fire convention delegates are Richard Yingling and Elwood Strickhouser. Trustee is Lee Bowers.The fire company received a $5,000 donation from the Ladies Auxiliary toward a new fire engine.

FireLineboro: Firefighters from Lineboro and Manchester responded at 1: 30 a.m. yesterday to a barn fire on Route 216 and Glenville Road in York County, Pa. Units were out three hours.

FiresMount Airy: Firefighters responded at 10: 03 p.m. Saturday to an auto fire on Lynnburk Road at Wendy Court. Units were out 30 minutes.Winfield: Firefighters responded at 3: 48 p.m. Sunday to wires down at Route 97 and Streaker Road. Units were out 20 minutes.Mount Airy: Firefighters assisted Frederick County at 1: 54 a.m. yesterday on a barn fire in the 11000 block of Fingerboard Road. Units were out two hours and 34 minutes.Pub Date: 7/28/98

Firefighter injured in Carroll Co. barn fire 3 Maryland fire investigators say one firefighter was taken to a hospital with a heat-related injury after a two-alarm fire at a Carroll County barn. The barn owner's son discovered the fire in the barn in the 4700 block of Crossroad Schoolhouse Road near the state line at about 4:40 p.m. Sunday. Deputy State Fire Marshal Joseph Zurolo says about 100 firefighters from Maryland and Pennsylvania battled the flames. He says the barn contained various pieces of farm equipment and between 1,000 to 2,000 bales of hay. Capt.

An off-duty state trooper who ran into a burning barn in Bel Air last week to help a farmer save his cattle has been recognized by an animal-rights organization. Cpl. James Joseph Kozlowski III was driving past Broom's Bloom Dairy on Dec. 19 when he noticed the barn was on fire and pulled over to help. Nearly 50 cows were saved, but Kozlowski was struck by falling debris and knocked unconscious. He was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center for treatment and has since been released. He has yet to return to duty, a state police spokesman said.

Three months after a fire swept through a Cecil County horse barn, killing 24 thoroughbreds, investigators have not determined what caused it, a spokesman for the state fire marshal said yesterday. The fire marshal's office sent a letter this month to a Virginia horse owner, saying the fire was under "criminal investigation," but Deputy State Fire Marshal W. Faron Taylor said yesterday that the description was a matter of "semantics." Taylor said fire investigators have no evidence that the Nov. 1 blaze at the state-owned Fair Hill Training Center was arson.

Armed man seen at Towson mall Baltimore County police were seeking a man yesterday who dropped a handgun in the ground level of a garage at Towson Town Center on Dulaney Valley Road after shoppers reported the armed man to security officers, county police said. The incident occurred about 4:15 p.m. Saturday in the parking area near Hecht's. Police, who released details yesterday, said the man dropped the weapon and ran from the garage moments before security officers arrived. The gun was turned over to county police.

Fair Hill fire kills 24 horses A three-alarm blaze claimed the lives of 24 thoroughbred horses at the Fair Hill Training Center in Elkton. Losses were put at nearly $2 million. State fire officials were trying to determine a cause for the barn fire, which began near the feed storage section of an adjacent building. Police raid poker parlor Baltimore police raided a refurbished warehouse that they said was being used as a poker parlor and charged 80 patrons with violating the city's gambling laws.

At least 31 thoroughbred race horses were killed last night in a barn fire at a training center on state property in Cecil County, a spokesman for the state fire marshal's office said. The fire, reported about 6:40 p.m. at the Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area about 2 miles south of the Pennsylvania border, quickly destroyed a 70-foot-by-150-foot barn housing 35 horses, said Deputy State Fire Marshal W. Faron Taylor. An adjacent building also was destroyed, Taylor said. The fire was under investigation.

The state fire marshal's office is urging residents in central Carroll County to secure their barns and outbuildings, after determining a fire that heavily damaged a metal barn in Gamber was intentionally set Friday night. The blaze caused about $20,000 damage to a 90-foot-by-60-foot hay barn owned by John Nickoles in the 3700 block of Nicholson Road. A motorist saw smoke from the open metal barn about 11:20 p.m. and called 911, authorities said. Firefighters from Gamber, Reese, Westminster and Winfield arrived a few minutes later and brought the blaze under control within 40 minutes.

After 32 years in law enforcement and fire investigation, including a 10-year stint as commander of the state's bomb squad, Allen L. Ward, deputy chief state fire marshal, will retire in two weeks and not look back. Ward, 53, said he has a few job offers and will take a two-week vacation before deciding which one he'll accept. He declined to say what the offers are. "Neither is in law enforcement or fire service," said Ward, who went to Westminster this year as supervisor of the Metro regional office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal after more than 25 years working from the Northeast regional office at locations in Harford County.

Fire Union Bridge: Firefighters from Union Bridge, Taneytown and New Windsor responded at 10: 38 p.m. Monday to a barn fire in the 3900 block of Middleburg Road. Units were out 25 minutes.

FireNew Windsor: Firefighters from New Windsor, Union Bridge, Taneytown, Harney, Libertytown and New Midway in Frederick County responded at 1: 18 p.m. Saturday to a barn fire in the 100 block of Pipe Creek Road. Units were out more than five hours.