NOTICE OF INVESTIGATION
Date: 4/20/2017
Time: 5:37 PM
Location / Address: 200 Kearney Drive, Joppa, Harford County
Type of Incident: Dwelling Fire
Description of Structure / Property: One-story, single family dwelling
Owner / Occupants: Susan Harclerode
Injuries or Deaths: Ms. Harclerode sustained minor cuts after being pulled out of rear window to safety by neighbors
Estimated $ Loss: Structure: $30,000.00 Contents: $0.00
Smoke Alarm Status: Present and operated
Fire Alarm / Sprinkler Status: Not present
Arrests(s): N/A
Primary Responding Fire Department: Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company
# of Alarms: 1 # Of Firefighters: 28
Time to Control: 20 minutes
Discovered By: Neighbors
Area of Origin: Rear sun-porch
Preliminary Cause: Under Investigation
Additional Information: Ms. Harclerode was evicted from the home days prior. Ms. Harclerode trespassed into the home to retrieve some last belongings and according to her, discovered a fire in the sun-porch and retreated to the rear bedroom. After neighbors discovered the fire, one broke out a rear window by throwing a ceramic pot through the window and pulled Ms. Harclerode to safety. A neighbor then crawled through the window and pulled (3) dogs to safety as well.
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