Truck Handles Beltsville House Fire
Oct 4th- At around 7:15 am on Sunday October 3rd Ladder Truck 14, its volunteer crew, and other surrounding units were alerted for a house on fire in the area of Edmonston Rd & Cochran Rd in Beltsville. While enroute county police updated the address to the 5200 block of Cochran Rd and advised they had a working fire. Units arrived on scene with fire showing from the front of the house. Truck 14 arrived as the 1st due truck. The truck provided forcible entry, ladders, and searches of the structure. Truck 14 also opened up to find hidden fire for the engine companies to knock down. Truck 14 operated for over 3 hours prior to returning to service.