Walkersville Church Fire |
| By Chief Officer Jerry Dorsey | |
| April 9, 2008 | |
| A three-alarm fire today at St. Timothy's Roman Catholic Church at 8651 Biggs Ford Road caused an estimated $1 million in damages. Engines from all three stations were alerted to the call Engine 31 Engine 311 and Engine 331 as well as Engine Tanker 34 Rescue Squad 3 Ambulance 38 and Ambulance 39. All units were staffed and helped in some way to knock this fire. 1st arriving unit from Station 24 went on scene with smoke showing from the roof. Command was set up by off duty county B/C and soon there after a 2nd and 3rd alarm was sounded this bringing units from all 3 UFC stations. Most of the fire was contained to roof area of the church. after doing numberous amounts of truck work from the exterior of the church roof the fire was contained. Units on the scene operated for several hours. Good job to everyone on scene from UFC. Story by Tech J. Arnold |
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