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A spectacular fire, possibly ignited by lightning, caused heavy damage Tuesday night to an apartment house in Maryland, according to the state fire marshal ’s office. The fire broke out in the Hagerstown area of western Maryland about 70 miles northwest of the District of Columbia. No injuries or deaths were reported immediately. The three-story building had 37 apartments, and 74 occupants, the fire marshal’s office said. The fire began on the roof, according to the fire marshal’s office. It said witnesses “described a potential lightning strike before the fire.” A resident of the building told the Hagerstown Daily Mail that he thought lightning was responsible for the blaze. When the lightning struck, Travis Nagle told the Hagerstown newspaper, “The whole building shook.” Investigators are trying to confirm a cause, the fire marshal’s office said. It said 70 firefighters took about an hour and a half to bring the blaze under control. Flames leaped from the roof of the stru...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A massive fire in Hagerstown has forced more than 70 people from their apartments Tuesday night . It started right after a thunderstorm rolled through. Residents say the fire started right after the building was hit by lightning, and they watched for 30 minutes while the fire department was unable to get enough water on the flames. “It was just horrific. I’ve never seen anything like it before,” said Shawn Lohr, who lives across from the complex. “We heard the lightning hit, but I thought it hit outside on the pavement, and then the next thing I know, the alarm went off,” said Roxie Vickers, who lives in the apartments. The State Fire Marshal ’s Office confirms the fire was caused by a lightning strike, and all residents of the apartment have been accounted for. It was just after 8 p.m., when the storms rolled through Hagerstown, and the Woodbridge North Apartments went up in flames. “In a matter of 15-20 minutes, it was the whole roof, gone,” one resident said. “...

Lightning may have caused a fast moving apartment fire that injured two firefighters and destroyed 24 units in Irving on Saturday evening.   According to Irving Assistant Fire Chief Rusty Wilson , the first call about the fire came into emergency dispatch at 5:54 p.m.  By the time firefighters arrived at the Eagle Crest Apartments at 3810 Esters Road, flames were shooting through the roof. Two firefighters were injured. Their condition and names have not been released. "One was injured from a fall,"  Assistant Chief Wilson said. "A second one was transported because of burns." There are no reports of any residents getting hurt.  A total of 41 firefighters responded to the fire. Irving NAACP President Anthony Bond sent NBCDFW a picture of the flames coming out the roof of one apartment building . He has lived in at the complex since 1989. His unit was not affected but he saw a neighboring building go up in flames during a thunderstorm.  "And then all of the...

A Conroe apartment complex went up in flames Saturday night after reportedly being struck by lightning, destroying eight units and displacing 41 people. No one was injured in the blaze at Autumn Woods Apartments , which began shortly before 10 p.m., according to the Conroe Fire Department . Eight of the building's 16 apartments were destroyed. The department's fire marshal's office does not believe the fire in the 2000 block of Plantation Dr. was caused by something suspicious but is investigating. The Autumn Woods complex was constructed before fire sprinklers were required to be installed, and it was unclear whether the apartments had working smoke alarms , Assistant Fire Chief Mike Legoudes , Jr. said in a press release. 

| Share | Share | Share | Share June 04--A Conroe apartment complex went up in flames Saturday night after reportedly being struck by lightning, destroying eight units and displacing 41 people. No one was injured in the blaze at Autumn Woods Apartments , which began shortly before 10 p.m., according to the Conroe Fire Department . Eight of the building's 16 apartments were destroyed. The department's fire marshal's office does not believe the fire in the 2000 block of Plantation Dr. was caused by something suspicious but is investigating. The Autumn Woods complex was constructed before fire sprinklers were required to be installed, and it was unclear whether the apartments had working smoke alarms , Assistant Fire Chief Mike Legoudes , Jr. said in a press release. ___ (c)2017 the Houston Chronicle Visit the Houston Chronicle at www.chron.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency , LLC.

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