FIRE IN POCOMOKE 3-6-07
- THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL RELEASE...THIS
IS AN OBSERVATION.
THE POCOMOKE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY RESPONDED TO A STRUCTURE ON LUAREL STREET
NEAR SECOND STREET, IN THE CITY, AT ABOUT 4:45 P.M. ON TUESDAY, MARCH 6,
2007. THE FIRST FIRE FIGHTERS ON THE SCENE REPORTED SMOKE COMING FROM THE
EVES OF THE TWO STORY HOME. POCOMOKE RESPONDED WITH THREE ENGINES, THE TOWER,
RESCUE, BRUSH TRUCK AND UTILITY VEHICLE. STOCKTON ASSISTED WITH ONE ENGINE.
NEW CHURCH WAS ON STAND-BY FOR POCOMOKE. FIRE FIGHTERS WERE ON THE SCENE
FOR ABOUT 2 AND A HALF HOURS. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE HOME, OWNED
BY GREG DUNCAN, WAS BEING REFURBUSHED AND UNOCCUPIED. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE
WAS INVESTIGATED BY THE WORCESTER COUNTY FIRE MARSHALS OFFICE. |
CHIEF,
DICKY WAS THE OFFICIER IN CHARGE. |