Two firefighters fell to basement of home while battling fire in Prince George's County

  • Source: WMAR-TV ABC 2 Baltimore
  • Published: 11/23/2020 12:00 AM

Two firefighters fell to the basement of a home while battling a house fire in Prince George's County. At about 12:52 p.m. on Sunday, the Prince George's County Fire Department was called to the 13000 block of Barnwell Pl in Marlton for a house fire. When crews arrived, they found a 1-story single-family house with heavy fire in the basement extending into the backyard. PGFD said one occupant self-evacuated. The fire was quickly extinguished. During the incident, the first floor collapsed and two firefighters fell into the basement. A mayday call was sounded, but both firefighters were able to self-evacuate and had no injuries. A third firefighter and a civilian were also evaluated by EMS on scene. No one was taken to the hospital.



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