Fire log reports multiple residential and vehicle fires
Fire log details alarms from 24 hours ending 8 p.m. with responses by Independent Hose Co, Junior Ambulance, Thurmont, Mount Airy, New Market, Walkersville and others. Incidents include vehicle fire at Heather Ridge Drive, tree fire on Catoctin Hollow Road, house trailer fires near Mill Bottom Road and Fountain School Road, wires down on Ridgeway Drive, and a house fire with reengined ambulances listed from Brunswick and Lovettsville areas.
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Heather Ridge DR
Independent Hose Co
Clarksburg RD
Damascus
Catoctin Hollow
Thurmont
Mill Bottom Rd
Mount Airy
New Market
Green Valley
Fountain School Rd
Libertytown
Woodsboro
Walkersville
Union Bridge
Burke Road
Ridgeway Dr
Spectrum
United, Junior, Independent, Hose Co
Urbana
Citizens Track Co
Concord DR
Brunswick
Lovettsville
Sinkhole swallows mobile home in Florida disaster
In Odessa Florida a sinkhole grew to 40 feet deep swallowing a mobile home despite two wreckers efforts to rescue it. resident Winston Eden 72 said he feared a tornado or hurricane but watched the home collapse as his family relocated with relatives. His daughter Carol Geraldi described the quick exit after noticing a missing propane tank. The family fled with a purse and car keys as the hole expanded.
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Odessa
Fla
Winston Eden
Western Maryland Weather Tonight Through Monday
Western Maryland counties Carroll Frederick Montgomery and Washington tonight fair and cold with lows around 30 light west winds Friday mostly sunny with highs in the low 60s Southwest winds about 10 mph. Maryland Mountains tonight fair with lows around 20 light west winds Friday increasing clouds and highs 40 to 55 Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Temperatures yesterday Frederick 41 Westminster 94 Hagerstown 31 Cumberland 28.25. Extended forecast Saturday through Monday shows fair or partly cloudy weather with highs in the 50s or lower 60s and lows in the 30s or lower 40s.
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Maryland
Carroll
Frederick
Monard
Montgomery
Washington
Westminster
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Snow and sleet greet Montgomery drivers
Veteran’s Day brought icy roads and the season’s first snowfall in Montgomery County. A second storm followed, bringing seven to ten inches in some areas as freezing temperatures and slick conditions persisted. Two hour school delays occurred with early closures, while 94 plowing vehicles tackled arterial routes and crews aimed to clear residential streets before rush hour.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
Transportation Department
Bill Keim
Frederick man killed in Md 26 accident near Ceresville
A Frederick, Maryland man, Jose Natividade Sousa, 30, died when his Suzuki Samurai lost control on an ice covered Md 26 bridge at Ceresville. He was ejected, struck by a Pontiac driven by Jerry Crouse, and later by a Fiat. The Crouses were treated and released. The bridge was slick and closed over an hour.
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Frederick
Monocacy River
Ceresville
Jose Natividade Sousa
Black Haw Court
Maryland
Souse
Pontiac
Jerry Crouse
Walkersville
Crouse
Denise Crouse
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Suzuki
Fiat
Tpr
Robert Shelley
Sousa
Midwinter traffic chaos on I 70 and surrounding roads
Snow and freezing conditions created slick roads across Howard Frederick and Washington counties. A tractor trailer jackknifed on South Mountain closing eastbound I 70. Two more trucks slid on I 70 near New Market with fuel leaks and no injuries. Bridges froze on U S 349 causing injuries later and a six vehicle pileup at 1 79 D8 crossing. Schools closed. Bullets game canceled due to dangerous conditions.
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County Life
Howard County
Gibbons
South Mountain
Myersville
MD. 17
Frederick County
Sharpsburg
Washington County
Mark Pettyjohn
New Market
Richard Gray
Sheriff's Department
U.S. 349
Potomac River
Donald Stottlemyer
State Police
Hagerstown Barracks
Charity Fund Aids Charlie Frazier Medical Recall
The Frasier family faces a costly future after Charlie, an 8 year old Woodsboro Elementary pupil, undergoes a crucial operation in Texas. With insurance dropped, $35,000 raised by St James Church helps cover about $16,000 in summer bills and a $15,000 upfront fee, while fundraisers continue.
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Gothing
Ms. Gothing
Charlie
Woodsboro
Orice
Dr. Garson
Houston
Frederick
Baltimore
St. James Church
Phillips
Texas
Michael
Trade deficit blamed for stock market tumble
The August trade deficit report is blamed for sparking a stock market slide as economists warn that the deficit remains large and financing from abroad may fade. Economists say the deficit’s size and negative backdrop helped trigger the market's decline, with some predicting only a slow narrowing next year.
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Lawrence Chimerine
Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates
U.S
Allen Sinai
Shearson Lehman Bros
New York
Winter weather crews prep Frederick Airport runways
First winter workers took off Veteran's Day, Mr. String said, although a night shift officer would monitor roads all night and early morning in case another landing is needed. A crew remained on call Wednesday to clear the runways at Frederick Municipal Airport, with several local towns like Thurmont Emmitsburg and New Market handling their own snow removal.
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Frederick
Washington County
Frederick County
String
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
New Market
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