NOTICE OF INVESTIGATION

Date: March 4, 2020 

Time:  4:45 p.m.

Location / Address:  500 Greenwood Avenue, Cambridge, Dorchester Co.   

Type of Incident: Fire  

Description of Structure / Property: Three story wood/brick frame apartment building  

Owner / Occupants: Altair/Bay Country Apartments

Injuries or Deaths: None

Estimated $ Loss: Structure:  $20,000             Contents: $0

Smoke Alarm Status: Present not activated

Fire Alarm / Sprinkler Status: Present, alarm pull station was not activated by residents of the apartment complex

Arrests(s): None 

Primary Responding Fire Department: Cambridge Rescue Fire Company

# of Alarms: 1      # Of Firefighters: 25

Time to Control: 30 minutes

Discovered by: Resident

Area of Origin: Base of wood framed column surrounding a steel beam on exterior stairwell  

Preliminary Cause: Accidental, due to welding operations being conducted next to column

Additional Information:  

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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