Prince George’s County Firefighters battled their second 2-alarm apartment fire in the last 8 hours last evening. Just after 7:00 pm, firefighters from the greater Landover area responded to a report of a fire in an apartment on the second floor of 6315 Landover Road. Firefighters arrived quickly and encountered a 3-story garden style apartment building with a working fire on the second floor. Firefighters initiated an interior attack on the fire and searched for any trapped occupants. A "second alarm" was sounded bringing additional firefighters, paramedics and resources to the scene. The fire had extended to the cockloft/roof area before being extinguished, however, firefighters were successful in stopping any extension into the attached apartment building.
Firefighters had the bulk of the fire knocked down within 30 minutes and all searches proved negative. There were no civilian injuries reported, however, a firefighter sustained injuries in a 12-15 foot fall from a ground ladder. He was evaluated by paramedics and transported to a nearby hospital. He is in good condition and his injuries are considered non-serious.
This fire was dispatched just minutes after a Memorial Service for the Deputy Chief of the Hyattsville Volunteer Fire Department commenced. Jimmy Hook passed away suddenly last week during a medical procedure. A Fire/EMS Department Memorial Service started at 7:00 pm at the nearby Bunker Hill Fire/EMS Station on Rhode Island Avenue
