Fire Media Release- February 25, 2019

Motor Vehicle Collision- Lake Shore

Date:  February 25, 2019

Time:  5:20 a.m.

Location/Address:  Mountain Road and Bodkin Avenue, Lake Shore, MD 21122

Type of Incident:  Motor Vehicle Collision with entrapment

Injuries or Deaths:  1) The 17-year-old male driver of one vehicle was transported by paramedics to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center with injuries that were critical and possibly life-threatening. 2) The 59-year-old female driver of the second vehicle was trapped in her vehicle and extricated by firefighters in about 20 minutes. Paramedics transported her to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center with injuries that were serious but not believed life-threatening.

Assisting Fire Departments:  Not applicable

Additional Information:  Not applicable

Boat Fire- Pasadena

Date:  February 24, 2019

Time:  3:51 a.m.

Location/Address:  Blakes Bar Harbor Marina, 208 Bar Harbor Road, Pasadena, MD, 21122

Type of Incident:  Boat fire

Description of Structure/Property:  35-foot-boat

Injuries or Deaths:  No injuries to civilians or responding personnel

Estimated Dollar Estimated Dollar Loss:  Undetermined

Assisting Fire Departments:  Baltimore City Fire Department

# of Alarms:  1 alarm # Of Firefighters:  18

Time to Control:  Two hours to extinguish

Discovered By:  Residents living near the marina, multiple 9-1-1 calls

Area of Origin:  Undetermined

Preliminary Cause:  Under investigation

Additional Information:  Firefighters arrived to find a boat tied to the pier fully involved in fire. The fire was extinguished around 6 a.m., and the scene turned over to the Maryland Department of the Environment.