Operations & Training

Ammo Set off by MD House Blaze; Firefighter Hurt

Feb. 8, 2019

An Anne Arundel County firefighter was sent to the hospital after battling a home fire that discharged live ammunition inside. Gunshots, however, did not cause the injuries.

By Phil Davis

Source The Capital, Annapolis, Md.

An Anne Arundel County firefighter was hospitalized Thursday after battling a Pasadena house fire that set off live ammunition inside the home.

An Anne Arundel County firefighter was hospitalized with a medical issue Thursday as the department battled a fire at a Pasadena home Thursday that caused live ammunition to discharge inside the residence.

A department spokesman said firefighters were called to the 8200 block of Old Mill Road at 4:50 p.m. A two-story, single-family home had caught fire, the spokesman said in a news release Friday.

Firefighters found an attached garage that had caught on fire, which had extended to the second story of the building.

It took about 40 firefighters about 30 minutes to contain the fire, Capt. Russ Davies wrote in an email. During the fire “there was live ammunition in the house which discharged due to the fire.”

No firefighters or nearby residents were injured as a result of the gunfire, but two firefighters were evaluated for medical issues, Davies said.

One was taken to Baltimore Washington Medical Center but was in good condition. Davies said both were dealing with “elevated blood pressure when they were going through the rehabilitation process.”

Officials are still investigating the cause of the fire, the department said.

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