House Fire in West Friendship
 
By Firefighter/EMT Pieter Lucas
March 28, 2024
 

Units responded this afternoon for a house fire in West Friendship. At 15:28 WFVFD and surrounding companies were alerted for a reported basement fire in the 2600 block of Wellworth Way. Units arrived to find a two story single family home with smoke showing from side C. Engine 31 encountered heavy smoke in the basement and located the fire in the sub-basement. Units made a quick knock on the fire and began salvage and overhaul operations. The fire is under investigation by the Office of the Fire Marshal and units cleared at 17:52.

 
Units: Engine 31, Water Supply 3, Tanker 34, Paramedic 35, Chief 3
 
Mutual Aid: Engine 131, Engine 41, Engine 82, Engine 52, Carroll Tower 12, Truck 7, Tower 10, Tower 2, Tanker 11, Tanker 13, Paramedic 135, EMS BC3, BC2