No one was injured in a fire on Plateau Place that displaced one person around 8 a.m. Tuesday, June 27. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, but is believed to have started in the kitchen, according to Mark Brady, public information officer for the Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Departments
The resident was not at home at the time but a next door neighbor heard the smoke alarm and called 911.
According to eyewitnesses, when fire trucks arrived smoke was billowing out of the unit and obscuring the front of the townhouse. Firefighters quickly located and extinguished the blaze in the unit, said Brady.
Firefighters were seen shoveling burned debris out of the kitchen window by around 9 a.m. Serious fire damage was observed in the kitchen and ground floor of the home.
The resident affected and the other next door neighbor had both returned to the scene by 11 a.m. Neither neighboring unit appears to have suffered fire damage, although smoke damage was evident.
Read more of this story in the June 29 News Review
