A Sunday morning fire in Burkittsville, Maryland, significantly damaged a post office and the attached house, according to officials. The Tanker Task Force, Fire Task Force and RID were requested for a structure fire at 10 E Main St around 7 a.m., according to Frederick County Fire.
7:09am | 10 E Main St, Burkittsville | Structure Fire | Post Office and Attached House fully involved | Tanker Task Force, Fire Task Force, and RID requested | ladder pipe operation at this time |partial collapse of small roof section
— FrederickCounty Fire (@FCDFRS) December 29, 2019
A small section of roof partially collapsed before the fire was extinguished a little before 8:30 a.m. Multiple fire crews from Frederick and Washington counties were on the scene performing “ventilation and overhaul” at that time.
Burkittsville post office fire | Fire knocked | multiple crews on scene from Frederick and Washington County performing ventilation and overhaul pic.twitter.com/EJVCjaAvMT
— FrederickCounty Fire (@FCDFRS) December 29, 2019
Below, see a map of the area where the fire took place: [google_map latitude=”39.393385″ longitude=”-77.629339″ zoom=”17″ height=”300px” location_label=”burkittsville_post_fire” dynamic_map=”false”]