NOTICE OF INVESTIGATION
Date: February 28, 2025
Time: 1:31 PM
Location / Address: 12033 Petes Hill Rd, Princess Anne, Somerset County
Type of Incident: Chicken House and Vehicle Fire
Description of Structure / Property: Approximately 40’x400’ chicken house and an approximately 50’x500’ chicken house as well as a Toyota Highlander SUV
Owner / Occupants: Luan Nguyen
Injuries or Deaths: Approximately 41,000 chickens perished in the fire between the two houses
Estimated $ Loss: Structure: $150,000.00 Contents: $50,000.00
Smoke Alarm Status: N/A
Fire Alarm / Sprinkler Status: N/A
Arrests(s): None
Primary Responding Fire Department: Princess Anne Volunteer Fire Company
# of Alarms: 1 # Of Firefighters: 30
Time to Control: 45 minutes
Discovered By: Owner
Area of Origin: Under Investigation
Preliminary Cause: Under Investigation
Additional Information: The property owner initially received a system trouble alarm at approximately 12:00 pm. No one was at the property at the time. The owner returned approximately 1 hour later to find a chicken house to have burned and collapsed to the ground. The owner initially tried to prevent the fire from spreading to a neighboring chicken house before he and his vehicle were overtaken by fire. The fire department responded and contained the fire to the two chicken houses and vehicle.
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