| By Fire Sergeant/PIO Bill Rehkopf | |
| September 26, 2006 | |
| A crew from the Sykesville-Freedom District Fire Department responded to assist Winfield at a barn fire, early Tuesday morning, September 26. Crews were alerted around 1:00 am for the fire in the 4500 block of Ridge Road (Route 27). Winfield units arrived to find the 150' x 50' barn fully engulfed in flames. A tanker task force was requested to the scene due to the lack of fire hydrants in the area. The farm owner cut down a 40 foot wide swath of corn to prevent fire extension, and the decision was made to let the fire burn itself out. No one was hurt, and the cause is under investigation. (Pictures courtesy Charlie Green, Gamber & Community Fire Dept.) |
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| Units: | Winfield Engines 141, 143, Tanker 14, Brush 147, Utility 14, Paramedic 149 |
| Mutual Aid: | Sykesville Engine 123; Mt. Airy Engine 12, Engine-Tanker 14; New Windsor Engine 102, Brush 105; Gamber Engine-Tanker 133; Libertytown Tanker 17; Lisbon Engine 4-2 |
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