Crime & Safety

Fire In Nottingham Sparked By Equipment, White Marsh Officials Say

A piece of machinery was identified as the place the fire started, according to the White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company.

A business near the intersection of White Marsh Boulevard and Honeygo drew firefighters Tuesday, April 12, officials said.G
A business near the intersection of White Marsh Boulevard and Honeygo drew firefighters Tuesday, April 12, officials said.G (Google Maps)

NOTTINGHAM, MD — Smoke drew firefighters to a building in the Nottingham area Tuesday, according to officials.

Crews called to the 4900 block of Mercantile Road around 11:45 a.m. for a report of fire inside a building found a "significant amount of smoke within a storage area" of the business, the White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company reported.

An electric motor on a piece of machinery was determined to be the source of the smoke, officials said. It did not spread.

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The address of the fire listed by the White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company corresponds to Roebuck Printing, which is a manufacturing facility for printing catalogs, tabloids and special interest magazines.


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