NOTICE OF INVESTIGATION
Date: June 26, 2016
Time: 10:05 p.m.
Location / Address: 1107 Pocahontas Ave., Salisbury, Wicomico Co.
Type of Incident: Fire
Description of Structure / Property: One story wood frame two-unit apartment building
Owner / Occupants: GNI Properties (Owner) Rasheed Cooper (Occupant)
Injuries or Deaths: None
Estimated $ Loss: Structure: $10,000.00 Contents: $2,000.00
Smoke Alarm Status: Present and operating
Fire Alarm / Sprinkler Status: n/a
Arrests(s): n/a
Primary Responding Fire Department: Salisbury
# of Alarms: 1 # Of Firefighters: 15
Time to Control: 20 minutes
Discovered By: Passerby
Area of Origin: Living room
Preliminary Cause: Accidental, malfunction of vacuum cleaner
Additional Information: As a result of the fire, the family was displaced and being assisted by the Red Cross.
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ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry this happened to them. I was wondering, if someone inside the house was running the vacuum cleaner, why did the passerby discover it? Wouldn't the person inside the house already know? Something doesn't add up....
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