House Fire in White Oak Neighborhood

April 13, 0222 hrs
reported by Deputy Chief DJ Mills

E-31 arrived on scene with a two story single-family home ordinary construction with nothing evident from outside. After opening the front door to the house E-31 was met with smoke conditions from the ceiling level to the floor with zero visibility. E-31, s crew under the direction of Sgt M. Lundin entered the house with an 1 3/4-hand line and located the seat of the fire in the kitchen area on the first floor and extinguished the same. Chief 3B arrived on the scene assuming the Waldorf Command and directed Squad 3 to meet up with E-32 and open up the walls to check for extension and too ventilate at the same time. E-122 was directed to take a second line to the second floor and check for any vertical extension. Truck 1 was tasked with the primary and secondary searches which turned up negative. E-362 and RS-2 were assigned RIT. The cause of the fire was determined to be unattended food left on the stove. There were 2 adult males at home that were alerted by the smoke detector in the home. Chief 3B held the Waldorf Command.