Md. fire station burns after snow crushes roof, breaks gas line; no injuries in 3-alarm blaze

Md. fire station burns after snow collapses roof

SYKESVILLE, Md. — A fire station in Maryland has been largely destroyed by a three-alarm blaze after snow from the region’s double blizzards collapsed the roof.

The station in rural Sykesville was empty at the time of the collapse because firefighters were out on a call. Nobody was injured.

Carroll County spokeswoman Vivian Laxton says the roof of the station’s banquet hall caved in around 7:40 a.m. Thursday, rupturing a gas line and sparking the blaze.

The fire burned for more than six hours. Firefighters from three neighboring counties helped bring it under control.

Laxton says the living quarters and banquet hall were destroyed along with much of the equipment inside those buildings.