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Finksburg Home Damaged In Fire Saturday, Two Cats Killed

FINKSBURG, Md. (WJZ) -- Fire damaged a home in Finksburg Saturday morning, according to the Reese & Community Volunteer Fire Company.

Firefighters arrived at the home in the 1900 block of Shetland Road just before 7:15 a.m. and brought the blaze under control about an hour later, the fire company said.

The home's residents escaped unharmed, but their two cats died.

The fire company credited the working smoke detectors for waking the sleeping residents to escape safely.

 

House Fire Box 0917: At approximately 0712 hrs the Reese & Community Volunteer Fire Company was alerted and dispatched...

Posted by Reese & Community Volunteer Fire Company on Saturday, August 28, 2021
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