NOTICE OF INVESTIGATION

Date: 10/18/2026

Time: 3:09 AM

Location / Address:  3 Industrial Park Dr, Waldorf, Charles County, Maryland

Type of Incident: Multiple Vehicle Fire

Description of Structure / Property: Multiple Vehicles

Injuries or Deaths (YES/NO/NA): NO

# of Displaced: 0

Estimated $ Loss: Structure: $3,500,000   Contents: $300,000

Smoke Alarm Status: N/A

Fire Alarm / Sprinkler Status:  N/A

Arrests(s) (YES/NO/NA): N/A

Primary Responding Fire Department: Waldorf VFD

# of Alarms: 2   # Of Firefighters: 100

Time to Control: 60 minutes

Discovered By: Passerby

Area of Origin: Under Investigation

Preliminary Cause: Under Investigation

Additional Information:  The incident involved a fire in the parking area behind a structure
occupied by Verizon. The fire damaged or destroyed 27 commercial vehicles, contents of the
vehicles, and the parking roof structure. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire remains
under investigation. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office - Southern Region Office at 410-414-3600.

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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