Firefighters

Firefighters were called to a house at 20106 Hogmaw Road Tuesday afternoon for a fire in a clothes dryer, according to The First Hose Co. of Boonsboro. It is unclear what started the 5:11 p.m. fire in the dryer, which was removed from the house, Firefighter Daniel Bussard said. Hogmaw Road is off Md. 67.

A fire started Wednesday night where an electrical line connects into an apartment at 119 East Ave., a Hagerstown Fire Department spokesman said. The line was arcing after firefighters were alerted to the fire at 9:50 p.m., said Battalion Chief Brian Pyle. “It was pretty spectacular for a while,” Pyle said. Firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze, although a person leasing the apartment had to be moved into another apartment in the building overnight, Pyle said.

SMITHSBURG -- A ruptured hose, trouble handling hookups between hoses and a truck that appeared not to be able to dump its water on the first try were among the glitches firefighters faced Sunday morning during a training exercise near Smithsburg. Approximately 100 firefighters and 20 firetrucks from Maryland and Pennsylvania participated in a Maryland State Firemen's Association's drill in which they had to draft, or pump water, from rural water sources to put out a faux fire.

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. -- Several cars and recreational vehicles were submerged in floodwaters of 5 feet or more Sunday morning at an RV campground near Chambersburg, fire officials said. Firefighters were called to Twin Bridge Meadow Family Campground west of Chambersburg at about 4:50 a.m. for a water rescue, Franklin Fire Co. Chief Mark Trace said. "When we arrived, we found several campers taking on water," Trace said. The people inside were asleep and were unaware of the flooding, he said.

Firefighters were called to a house fire at about 1 p.m. today in the 29300 block of National Pike (U.S. 40) in Allegany County, a Washington County Emergency Services dispatcher said. Further details were not immediately available.

Firefighters from three counties Monday night were battling a house fire in the 14000 block of Timber Ridge Road in Belfast Township, according to a Fulton County 911 spokesman. The house was engulfed in flames at one point, the spokesman said. The fire was reported at 6:32 p.m. and firefighters were still working at the scene at 8:32 p.m., the spokesman said. There was no report of injuries, the spokesman said. Firefighters from Morgan County, W.Va., and Washington County were helping to battle the blaze, the spokesman said.

Hagerstown Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 1605 will host a voter-registration drive to assist registering voters for the upcoming general election. The event will be Saturday, Sept. 8, from 8 to 10 a.m. at Potomac Towers, 11 W. Baltimore St. in Hagerstown. The event is open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

Firefighters battled a blaze for several hours Saturday night at 4231 Harpers Ferry Road in Sharpsburg. The call was dispatched at 3:03 p.m. and units remained on the scene past 9 p.m. Smoke could be seen rising from the home at 9 p.m. Traffic was detoured to Millers Sawmill Road from Harpers Ferry Road as a result of the fire. A sign at the entrance to the property read Woodlawn Farms Meats. No further information was available late Saturday.

MERCERSBURG, Pa. -- Firefighters were hard-pressed getting equipment to a remote blaze Wednesday on Claylick Mountain near Whitetail Resort. The fire started Wednesday morning and was reported to be contained at about 6 p.m. Firefighters were on the scene as of Wednesday night. Officials estimated the fire burned about 45 acres of wooded area. Warner Quick, a Whitetail employee, said he and several co-workers drove all-terrain vehicles on logging trails to shuttle firefighters and equipment to the fire.

On Wednesday afternoon, a month after being seriously burned in a house fire, Jason Kuehler had a poignant homecoming with his wife, children and the firefighters he said are his second family. Kuehler, 33, rode in a convoy of Franklin Fire Co. firetrucks for the last leg of his journey home to Chambersburg, Pa., from John Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore. He underwent skin grafting and other surgeries there after suffering burns in a March 19 house fire in Hamilton Township, Pa. Kuehler said he remembers making the “mayday” call on his radio and mentally saying goodbye to his children, 3-year-old Gabriella and 1-year-old Andrew.

Firefighters were called to the scene of a silo fire that was reported in the 1300 block of Mason Dixon Road in Antrim Township. The fire was reported at 6:30 a.m. Friday north of the Pennsylvania-Maryland state line about a mile and a half west of State Line, Pa. At least two volunteer fire companies from Washington County - Longmeadow and Halfway - were at the scene. - Caleb Calhoun

The Berkeley Springs Volunteer Fire Company was called to the Berkeley Springs American Legion building around 10 a.m. Monday because of a smoking air conditioning unit, according to Morgan County Emergency Services and a Legion employee. No injuries were reported, a 911 dispatcher said. The American Legion post, which is on North Washington Street, was open after the incident. - Julie E. Greene

An electrical malfunction in a ceiling fan in a first floor bathroom caused smoke to build-up in a house at 13502 Halifax Drive Thursday night, according to a spokesman for the Longmeadow Volunteer Fire Co. Firefighters removed the fan from the house in Hagerstown's North End and damage was minimal, said Sgt. Jeremy Smiley. Smiley said people in the house off Longmeadow Road decided to stay in a hotel for the night. Firefighters received the call at 9:12 p.m.

A Thursday night fire gutted a home north of Waynesboro and sent a resident to the hospital, a fire official said. A woman was transported by ambulance for smoke inhalation, Waynesboro Fire Chief Dave Martin said. The fire at 11542 Thames Lane in Washington Township, Pa., was dispatched at 9:09 p.m. Initial reports indicated people might be trapped inside, but Martin said the ranch-style house's occupants and dogs were safely outside when firefighters arrived. Robert Calimer owns and lives in the house with two other adults and a teenager, Martin said.

The Washington Township (Pa.) Police Department was investigating the cause of a Wednesday afternoon fire in Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. Firefighters from Franklin and Adams counties in Pennsylvania and Washington and Frederick counties in Maryland contained the fire at 12227 Clermont Road to the attic, where it started. Blue Ridge (Pa.) Fire Chief Steve Moffat said the first firefighters on the scene saw smoke coming from the eaves and had trouble finding access to the attic over the two-story stone house.

A Thursday morning fire caused $100 in damage to a feeding trough at 19650 Leitersburg Pike, the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office said. The fire was discovered by the owner at 7:04 a.m. It took 20 firefighters five minutes to control the blaze, according to a news release from the fire marshal's office. Authorities said the cause of the fire was being investigated. Firefighters from Longmeadow, Leitersburg, Hagerstown and Maugansville responded to the fire.

Berkeley County's budget plan for the next fiscal year tentatively includes the addition of three paid firefighters and four full-time laborers for capital improvement projects. One firefighter would be assigned to work at Back Creek Valley Volunteer Fire Department beginning July 1 and two others would be stationed with Hedgesville Volunteer Fire Department beginning Jan. 1, 2014, officials said. The four full-time workers would replace four of several part-time employees who have previously been hired to work on the future headquarters for the Berkeley County sheriff's law enforcement division at 510 S. Raleigh St. County Council member Douglas E. Copenhaver Jr. said work done by the laborers to renovate the law enforcement division's current headquarters to expand the county's Central Dispatch/911 center would be reimbursed by the emergency communications operation.

Two fire companies responded Sunday morning to a chimney fire on French Lane, according to Washington County Emergency Services. Firefighters were dispatched between 10 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday to the chimney fire, which was in the 11500 block of French Lane, a 911 supervisor said. The chimney on the house was a mortar type and it appears the fire might have extended through a gap in the mortar into a bedroom, said Brian Lowman, deputy chief of Williamsport Volunteer Fire & Emergency Medical Services.

Firefighters responded to a house fire that was reported at about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 12400 block of St. Paul Road east of Clear Spring, a Washington County Emergency Services supervisor said. Further details were not immediately available.