NOTICE OF INVESTIGATION

Date:   February 26, 2018

Time:  7:50 pm

Location / Address:  3457 Uniontown Road, Westminster

Type of Incident:   Barn Fire

Description of Structure / Property:   40' x 80' Bank Barn

Owner / Occupants:  John W. Wildesen

Injuries or Deaths:   Firefighter Injury - Injury sustained due to a falling beam.  Transported to                                                                      Carroll Hospital Center, treated and released.  

Estimated Loss: $75,000   Contents: $50,000

Smoke Alarm Status:  N/A

Fire Alarm / Sprinkler Status:  N/A

Arrests(s): None

Primary Responding Fire Department:  New Windsor

# of Alarms:   1 alarm w/tanker task force   # Of Firefighters:  65

Time to Control:   Approximately 80 minutes

Discovered By:  Passerby

Area of Origin:   Remains under investigation

Preliminary Cause:   Remains under investigaion

Additional Information:   Anyone having any information in reference to the cause of this fire, please contact the State Fire Marshal's Office - (410) 836-4844.

The Office of the State Fire Marshal is an agency of the Department of State Police dedicated to helping protect citizens from fire and explosion through a comprehensive program of education, inspection, investigation and fire protection engineering.  For more information on fire safety call 1-800-525-3124, log onto our website at: Maryland State Fire Marshal and/or our Facebook Page.

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