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Park Hall:
Exclusive photos of Christmas Day fire which left Park Hall family homeless  see story below

ST. MARY'S TODAY
news photos by David Gray



Park Hall:
Home Alone for Christmas
Burns To Ground
A local family away for Christmas will have nothing to come home to, reports ST. MARY'S TODAY action news photographer David Gray.  Gray was at the scene near Rt. 5 early Christmas morning when more than 40 firefighters from Bay District, Ridge, Hollywood, Pax River and Leonardtown arrived to battle a raging blaze that caused a total loss of the home of the Ken Broecker family.  The Broecker family left their home on Christmas Eve for a trip to Virginia reports Deputy State Fire Marshal Allen Ward.  Check back here Sunday night for exclusive photos of the fire scene.   The loss was estimated at $170,000 to the home located, ironically, on Spitfire Court in Park Hall, at a new home subdivision located on the site of the old Park Hall Airport. 

House Destroyed by Fire Started
By Candle Left Burning


Heroes at Work: These firefighters fought the sweltering heat at a house fire in California.  Many local firefighters were called out the second week in a row for a brush fire behind Dowell Elementary School.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photo

These Valley Lee firefighters are glad to
leave the hot fire scene at Maple Run.

Bay District volunteers were assisted by firefighters from Valley Lee, Leonardtown, Hollywood and Solomon's in fighting a working house fire in Maple Run on Magnolia Drive which broke out at 5 am Sunday. The fire totally destroyed the home, with $175,000 damage and the cause due to a candle left burning on a wicker table on the front porch, according to Deputy State Fire Marshal Maurice Cox. Firefighter Tommy Blazer was slightly hurt by a burning piece of drywall, according to Bay District Chief Rick Redmond.
Bay District Volunteer Fire Department started off originally as the Lexington Park Volunteer Fire Department at the old Cedar Point Trailer Camp during World War II.  The department now has two stations, with the California station opening in 1995 on Chancellors Run Road.

The following photos are merely a sampling of the historical photo file of ST. MARY'S TODAY which will be published here in our On Line Edition in the coming weeks.  Check back often for new photos.

New Photos below, scroll down


Homeowner views the debris which was once his home. 
ST. MARYS TODAY photo by David Gray

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