WASHINGTON — A 4-year-old boy was badly burned in fire in Montgomery County on Sunday afternoon.
The fire was reported at around 2:30 p.m. on Barnesville Road in Boyds, south of Peach Tree Road. Arriving units reported seeing smoke coming from the living quarters on top of a storage building that housed hay bales.
Several others were evaluated for injuries; the toddler’s injuries were initially described as “life-threatening.”
“That child has been transported to Children’s Hospital as a priority 1 patient — priority 1 is, of course, most serious,” Montgomery County Fire & Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer said.
Piringer said later Sunday that the child’s condition had since improved, that his injuries were no longer considered life-threatening.
Sixty-five firefighters were able to quickly extinguish the fire, though water tankers had to be rushed to the scene because the area is not serviced by fire hydrants, according to Piringer.
He said the fire originated in the storage building. Fireworks were the likely cause of the blaze, Piringer said.
WTOP’s Dick Uliano contributed to this report.
