Cpl Caradori: I just knew we had to get them out. Thank God I was there to see the fire. pic.twitter.com/B9M7xrT8uN
— PGPDNEWS (@PGPDNews) March 10, 2017
Officers talk about the intense fire at a home in Brandywine. A squad helped evacuate the 6 family members inside. pic.twitter.com/YIOvJDYEqj
— PGPDNEWS (@PGPDNews) March 10, 2017
A BBQ grill on a rear deck is to blame for a Clinton house fire at Symposium Way/Libation Ct at 1 am. No inj. $65K loss. 2A 3C displaced.
— Mark Brady (@PGFDPIO) March 10, 2017
WASHINGTON — A quick response to a huge fire in a Prince George’s County home Friday helped lead to the safe evacuation of six people, including a 3-week-old baby.
Cpl. Glen Caradori with Prince George’s County police was patrolling on Brandywine Road in Clinton, Maryland, at around 1 a.m. Friday when he saw a fire on the back porch of a house on Symposium Way, police said.
Police released a video showing the house ablaze and an edited taped radio transmission from the incident Friday.
In the radio transmission, Caradori relays information about the fire from the scene.
When Caradori first noticed the fire and that the flames looked to be spreading quickly into the home itself, he called for backup and pounded on the door to alert people inside, police said. When no one responded, he began to break window panes. An adult inside woke up and alerted others in the home.
All six people, including four adults, a 10-year-old and a baby, were able to safely evacuate, police said. No one was injured.
As the siding on two neighboring homes began to melt, Prince Georges County officers warned neighbors.
The fire started from a barbecue grill on a rear deck and resulted in $65,000 in damage, Prince George’s County Fire Spokesman Mark Brady tweeted Friday.
