NOTICE OF INVESTIGATION

Date:  January 16, 2020

Time:  1:59 a.m.

Location / Address:  118 Laird Benton Road, Stevensville, Queen Anne’s County

Type of Incident:  House Fire

Description of Structure / Property:  One story, brick, single family dwelling                

Owner / Occupants: Katherine Westfall and additional family members

Injuries or Deaths: None

Estimated $ Loss: Structure:  $400,00                      Contents: $75,000

Smoke Alarm Status: None

Fire Alarm / Sprinkler Status:  n/a

Arrests(s):  None

Primary Responding Fire Department: United Communities VFD and surrounding departments

# of Alarms:  1     # Of Firefighters:  33

Time to Control: 1 hour 30 minutes

Discovered By:  Neighbor

Area of Origin:  Living room

Preliminary Cause: Accidental

Additional Information:  The house was not occupied at the time of the fire and was the result of rehab work being conducted on the interior of the home.  Due to the time of day and weather conditions, the fire destroyed the entire home prior to the fire department arrival.

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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