7/1/2010 – At approximately 2:00 PM Talbot Center dispatched Station 30 (Trappe), Station 60 (Easton), Paramedic 93 and Dorchester County Station 01 (Rescue Fire Co.) for a working house fire at the end of Cods Point Road. Chief 30 (R.D. Diefenderfer) arrived on location to find a two story house well involved and established “Cods Point” command. Crews battled the structure fire as well as heavy extension into the surrounding woods, for approximately two hours before command placed the situation under control.
The Maryland State Fire Marshall’s Office is investigating the cause of the fire.
Units on scene: Chief 30, Engine 39, Tanker 36, Brush 35, Tanker 61, Rescue 61, Engine 67, Brush 66, Tanker 20 and Paramedic 93
Photographs by : Bruce Secrist