Aberdeen Blaze Took 2 Hours To Control: Fire Marshal

ABERDEEN, MD — Authorities said crews battled a fire Saturday night at a vacant home in Aberdeen. A passerby reported the house fire in the 1500 block of Union Road at 11:35 p.m. on Saturday, according to the fire marshal.

The wood-framed house was uninhabited and was owned by a man who previously passed away.

About 25 firefighters from the Aberdeen Fire Department controlled the blaze in two hours, according to authorities.

There was $10,000 in structural damage to the single-story home as a result of the fire, investigators said.

Where and how the one-alarm blaze began remain under investigation, according to the fire marshal.

Photo courtesy of the Office of the State Fire Marshal.