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Thursday, August 10, 2017

NOI 8/9/17 Wicomico Mobile Home Fire Walnut Tree Road

NOTICE OF INVESTIGATION

Date:  August 9, 2017
Time:  9:11 p.m.
Location / Address:  27845 Walnut Tree Rd., Fruitland, Wicomico Co.
Type of Incident:  Fire
Description of Structure / Property:  12’ x 70’ mobile home
Owner / Occupants:   Oswald Martin (owner)  Neosha Chandler (occupant)
Injuries or Deaths:  None
Estimated $ Loss: Structure:  $50,000                      Contents: $10,000
Smoke Alarm Status:  Unknown
Fire Alarm / Sprinkler Status:  n/a
Arrests(s):   None
Primary Responding Fire Department:  Fruitland
# of Alarms:  1     # Of Firefighters:  20
Time to Control: 25 minutes
Discovered By:   Occupant
Area of Origin:   Front bedroom
Preliminary Cause:  Accidental, electrical 
Additional Information: 

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

structure an old mobile home $50,000? WTH?

Anonymous said...

Tax data lists structure's value at $12,600.

Anonymous said...

That place isn't worth $500, drive by it everyday.

Anonymous said...

Thank goodness there were no deaths!!!

Anonymous said...

Replacement value.

Anonymous said...

there was a fire near Lewes too but a woman died

Lori said...

Regardless of your opinion of the dollar value this was their home and it contained all they had.

Anonymous said...

Regardless what you think it is worth, this was their home and it contained all that they had. I just hope they had insurance.