NOTICE OF INVESTIGATION

Date:  November 3, 2020

Time:  8:01 a.m.

Location / Address:  406 Cemetery Avenue, Cambridge, Dorchester Co.

Type of Incident:  Fire

Description of Structure / Property: Two story wood frame dwelling, divided into two apartments

Owner / Occupants: James Daswalt (Owner) Blaine Draper & Amanda Shanahan (Occupants)

Injuries or Deaths: None

Estimated $ Loss: Structure:  $10,000                      Contents: $500

Smoke Alarm Status: Present and activated

Fire Alarm / Sprinkler Status: n/a

Arrests(s):  n/a

Primary Responding Fire Department: Rescue Fire Company

# of Alarms: 1      # Of Firefighters: 10

Time to Control: 30 minutes

Discovered By: Occupant

Area of Origin: Attic

Preliminary Cause:  Accidental, failure of electrical branch circuit located in attic.

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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