NOTICE OF INVESTIGATION
Date: August 3, 2019
Time: 2:22 p.m.
Location / Address: 4820 Evergreen Road, Oxford, Talbot County
Type of Incident: Residential Structure Fire
Description of Structure / Property: Two-Story, Wood Frame, Single-Family Dwelling
Owner / Occupants: Deborah Cawley
Injuries or Deaths: No deaths, three injuries: One Firefighter sustained a hand injury and was transported to the University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Easton for treatment and later released. A 13-year-old male suffered superficial burns to his arm and hand while rescuing a 64 year old woman from the house, and was also transported to the University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Easton for treatment and later released. The 64-year-old woman suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns to approximately 10% of her body. She was transported via the Trooper 6 medevac helicopter, in stable condition, to Bayview Burn Center to receive treatment.
Estimated $ Loss: Structure: $275,000 Contents: $50,000
Smoke Alarm Status: Present, unknown activation
Fire Alarm / Sprinkler Status: None
Arrests(s): None
Primary Responding Fire Department: Oxford Volunteer Fire Company
# of Alarms: 1 # Of Firefighters: 41
Time to Control: 1 Hour
Discovered By: Occupant
Area of Origin: Interior bedroom
Preliminary Cause: Accidental as a result of smoking while on home oxygen.
Additional Information: The 12-year-old and 13-year-old are credited, along with a neighbor, for reporting the fire and rescuing the 64-year-old woman from the house. Two family cats perished as a result of the fire and two additional family cats are unaccounted for at this time.
4820 Evergreen Road, Oxford, MD 21654
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