FIRE 5-19-08 4TH ST

AT 4:43 A.M. ON MONDAY, MAY 19TH THE POCOMOKE CITY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY RESPONDED TO A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE FIRE AT THE CORNER OF OXFORD AND 4TH STREETS IN THE CITY. UPON ARRIVING FIREFIGHTERS FOUND FLAMES SHOWING FROM THE REAR OF THE TWO STORY STRUCTURE. NO ONE OCCUPIED THE HOME AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE. THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE WORCESTER COUNTY FIRE MARSHALS OFFICE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED.

AT 11:23 A.M. FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO RETURN TO THE LOCATION OF THE EARLIER FIRE. ONE EYE WITNESS SAID THE STRUCTURE SEEMED TO BECOME FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES WITHIN A MATTER OF A FEW MINUTES. FIREFIGHTERS FROM STOCKTON ASSISTED POCOMOKE WITH THE 11:23 A.M. BLAZE. (THANK YOU)

CHIEF DICKY GLADDING WAS THE OFFICER IN CHARGE AT BOTH ALARMS.

OFFICIAL RELEASE FROM THE WORCESTER COUNTY FIRE MARSHALS OFFICE (CLICK)

The following pictures are from the 4:43 a.m. alarm:

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