Saturday July 24, 2010 at 0830 hours, the homeowner of 450 Bowie Shop Road contacted the station via telephone and advised that he thought his basement had been on fire. Apparently, he had been out of town and came home to smoke showing from his windows. He broke out a window with a hammer and found heavy smoke through the house. The local was dispatched for the fire reported out bringing Chief 6B (Thrasher), Chief 6C (Morris), Engine 61 (Bingham) and Squad 6 (Robison). Units arrived on location and found a basement completely burnt up from an apparent earlier fire with smoke through the entire house. In addition, a copper water pipe had also completely melted through. Crews went to work opening up and checking for extension but found that the fire had burnt itself out. Units operated on the scene until 0930 hours.
Pictures courtesy of member Dennis Hook: www.DennisHook.smugmug.com
