Raw video: Two-alarm apartment fire in Prince George's County, Maryland.
A fire reported just before 1:00 PM today at 6850 Walker Mill Road. Two alarms were sounded. Here is info from PGFD’s Mark Brady:
At about 12:45 pm firefighters from the District Heights area responded to a report of an apartment fire with people trapped. Upon arrival fire/EMS units arrived at 6850 Walker Mill Road to find a 2 1/2 story in the front-3 stories in the rear+flat roof apartment building with heavy fire showing from a top floor unit.
Four occupants had sought relief from the smoke and heat in the stairwell and retreated to the balconies on the rear of the building. They were removed from the second floor by firefighters using ground ladders.
A Second Alarm was sounded bringing a total of about 60 firefighters to the scene. It required about 40 minutes to extinguish the fire. No injuries have been reported and I anticipate the building occupants will be displaced. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
