NOTICE OF INVESTIGATION

Date: 5/28/2018

Time: 11:05 A.M.

Location / Address:  4135 Sparkleberry Court, Prince Frederick, Calvert County

Type of Incident: House Fire

Description of Structure / Property: One story single family home

Owner / Occupants: William and Tacy Gash

Injuries or Deaths: The owners of the home were both transported to MedStar Washington with non-life threatening injuries. 

Estimated $ Loss: Structure: $ 250,000    Contents: $ 100,000

Smoke Alarm Status: Present, unknown if activated 

Fire Alarm / Sprinkler Status: N/A

Arrests(s): N/A

Primary Responding Fire Department: Prince Frederick VFD

# of Alarms:  1  # Of Firefighters: 60

Time to Control: 15 Minutes

Discovered By: Neighbor

Area of Origin: Basement

Preliminary Cause: Under Investigation 

Additional Information: The owners arrived home and detected an unknown odor within the structure.  While attempting to locate the source, an explosion occurred within the basement.  The neighbors assisted with removing the owners from the home.  Deputy State Fire Marshals remain on the scene investigating the cause of the incident. 

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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