I would like to thank everyone especially the three wonderful ladies who stopped at my home and put out my front yard that was on fire, while I was out, I had the front hose water cut off from the inside, but they went to the back and used my garage water hose to put the fire out. If anyone knows the women, I would personally like to thank them and one was name Sophia. They even rolled the hoses back up for me. I am so blessed, thank God for wonderful people in this area. I could not tell how the fire started, it just rained last night so the grass was not that dry or tall. My friend Dave and neighbor that I used to work with at Robin Hill Farm and Vineyards called me and told me, that my front yard was on fire, but some good Samaritans stopped to put it out. Also, would like to thank Baden Volunteer Fire Department – VFD, for showing up to make sure everything was okay.
After speaking with the Baden Fire Department personnel, the Baden Fire Department said they didn’t know how the fire started but didn’t observed anything that stood out that could be suspicious. I did further investigating and went around digging through the soil and there was no smell of an accelerated used but I did find several cigarettes on the side of the road next to where the fire had been in the yard. I believe someone tossed out a cigarettes an it accidentally caught the grass on fire. Even though it rained the night before, there was alot of thatch on the ground beneath the grass and in the thatch it was surprisingly dry.
Viewing my ring camera, only two vehicles drove by between 11:40 am. and 12 pm., before the fire started. A black sedan and white suv was observed traveling north on Croom Rd. Please do not toss out lit cigarettes out of vehicles, I believe that was the reason of the fire. Unknown the reason how a fire started in my yard but cigarette butts were observed on the ground on a lite traffic day at the time.
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Shared by Sean LaGrand of Brandywine MDcom, Facebook.
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