NOTICE OF INVESTIGATION

Date:  05/17/2018 

Time:  4:11 A.M. 

Location / Address:  729 Port Street, Easton, Talbot County, MD  

Type of Incident:  House Fire 

Description of Structure / Property:  One Story, Wood Framed, Single Family Dwelling 

Owner / Occupants:  Edward Leroy Anderson 

Injuries or Deaths:  The occupant suffered burns to throat, mouth and nose and was initially transported to University of MD Shore Regional Health at Easton before being transferred to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.  

Estimated $ Loss: Structure: $100,000.00   Contents: $15,000.00

Smoke Alarm Status:  Present/Not Activated/Not Working

Fire Alarm / Sprinkler Status:  None 

Arrests(s):  None 

Primary Responding Fire Department:  Easton Volunteer Fire Department 

# of Alarms:  1    # Of Firefighters:  35

Time to Control:  1 Hour and 30 Minutes 

Discovered By:  Occupant

Area of Origin:  Back Bedroom 

Preliminary Cause:  Electrical Malfunction in Outlet in Bedroom

Additional Information: 

The Office of the State Fire Marshal is an agency of the Department of State Police dedicated to helping protect citizens from fire and explosion through a comprehensive program of education, inspection, investigation and fire protection engineering.  For more information on fire safety call 1-800-525-3124, log onto our website at: Maryland State Fire Marshal and/or our Facebook Page.

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