Date: 09/15/2024
Time: 1632 Hours
Location / Address: 565 Dennett Road Oakland, MD 21550
Type of Incident: Structure fire
Description of Structure / Property: Outbuilding
Owner / Occupants: Martha Deberry
Injuries or Deaths: N/A
Estimated $ Loss: Structure: $1,000 | Contents: $1,000
Smoke Alarm Status: Not present
Fire Alarm / Sprinkler Status: Not present
Arrests(s): N/A
Primary Responding Fire Department: Oakland Volunteer Fire Department
# of Alarms: 1 | # of Firefighters: 7
Time to Control: 10 Minutes
Discovered By: Passerby
Area of Origin: Area to the rear of the shed
Preliminary Cause: Accidental, arcing electric wires above the shed ignited the nearby vegetation which then spread to the shed.
