On Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at approximately 7:00p.m. Fire units were dispatched to a reported structure fire with entrapment at an apartment complex, located at 30 Dowling Circle in Parkville, Maryland. The blaze quickly escalated to multiple alarms and multiple rescues of residents were made. At one point a mayday was sounded for a report of an injured firefighter during a flashover that occurred. The injured firefighter, Mark Falkenhan of the Lutherville Volunteer Fire Company in Baltimore County, was rushed to a local hospital with serious burns, where he succumbed to his injuries.
FIREFIGHTER NATION COVERAGE
STATTER 911 BLOG
THE FIRE CRITIC BLOG
THE BALTIMORE SUN
FIREFIGHTER CLOSE CALLS
FIRE SERVICE NEWS
FIREHOUSE
ESSEX MIDDLE RIVER PATCH
LUTHERVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY
