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( College Park Fire Department/YouTube) COLLEGE PARK, Maryland (NBC Washington) - A five-alarm fire at a College Park, Maryland, apartment building burned much longer than it should have, putting firefighters and the public at unnecessary risk, according to College Park Fire Chief Bill Corrigan . The Fuse 47 building on Berwyn House Road was still under construction at the time of the fire. FirefighterNation: Multiple-Alarm Fire at Maryland Apartment Building Construction Questioned in Maryland Five-Alarm Fire Corrigan told the News4 I-Team the standpipe valves firefighters typically use to pump water up through a building in an emergency were left in the "closed" position. The design of the building limited firefighter access to the structure, Corrigan said, and the sheer size also hampered firefighter efforts . "This building was 100 percent within the allowable parameters, but it was built to the absolute max," Corrigan said. "Probably to within ...

A fire that started in a furnace room caused extensive smoke and water damage to an apartment building at the Newport Woods Apartments in Newport before firefighters from five area departments put it out Saturday night. Dean Cousino Monroe News staff reporter CousinoDean A fire that started in a furnace room caused extensive smoke and water damage to an apartment building at the Newport Woods Apartments in Newport before firefighters from five area departments put it out Saturday night. The fire in the three-story building was reported about 7:20 p.m. Saturday and displaced 11 families, said Mike Cousino, assistant chief for Berlin Township Fire Station No. 1. Only one of the dozen units in the complex was vacant. Frenchtown Township Fire Station No. 2 arrived at the scene first before the Berlin No. 1 unit arrived. Eventually, other firefighters arrived from Ash Township, Estral Beach and Berlin Station No. 2 because more manpower was needed. Exeter Township volunt...

CLOSE After a fire gutted apartments , residents came back to gather some of their belongings. Chris Pedota/NorthJersey.com Flames tore through a condo building at 225 N. Maple Ave. in Park Ridge on Aug. 19. (Photo: Bill Tompkins/Special to NorthJersey.com) On Saturday morning residents of a Park Ridge condominium complex were allowed to return to collect belongings after a fire Friday night displaced about 50 people.  No one was injured and the cause of the fire that started about 9 p.m. on North Maple Avenue remained under investigation, Park Ridge Fire Chief Thomas Derienzo said. On Saturday, a  blue tarp covered the collapsed roof of the building where the fire started. There are 25 apartments in the building and some surrounding the fire had smoke and water damage. Windows were also boarded up with wood on the first and second floors.  Police were called in to block the entrance to a condominium complex on North Maple Avenue after too many people were trespassing to take ...

Fire officials are still investigating a cause for a fire that displaced numerous residents in an apartment complex early Thursday morning . No one was seriously injured in the 1 a.m. blaze that sparked in a second-floor unit in the 600 block of N. Virginia Road, fire officials said. However, several people were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation and released. Officials said a phoned 9-1-1 saying she was trapped in her apartment by flames and smoke. She was later rescued by members of the fire department , officials said. In addition, Crystal Lake Police officers initiated evacuation of the building and helped rescue people on second and third floor balconies prior to the arrival by the fire department . Firefighters said heavy smoke was showing on the second and third floors of the building upon their arrival, and that people were trapped in their apartments and on their balconies on the second and third floors. Firefig...

Fire at Highland Ridge Apartments in Overland Park February 5 , 2016 Crews from Overland Park and Leawood Fire Departments were called to a building fire in the 11800 block of Perry Street at the Highland Ridge Apartments . First units on the scene reported heavy smoke and fire from a two- story apartment building .

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