2010 — Dec 14, Fire, Two Story Brick Row House Home, east Baltimore, MD — 6

— 6  Baltimore Sun. “3 adults, 3 children die in two-alarm fire in E. Baltimore.” 12-14-2010.

— 6  Firefighter Nation. “2-Alarm Baltimore House Fire Kills Six…” 12-14-2010.

 

Narrative Information

 

“….The early-morning blaze claimed members of three generations of the Satterfield clan. A relative identified the victims as Elnor and Richard Satterfield [69 and 75 years old]; their granddaughter Tiara Gholston, 26, and her three children, Amari, 9; Darryon, 3; and Daelyn, whose first birthday was recently trumpeted to neighbors with a poster on the front porch of the family home.

 

“Fire Department spokesman Kevin Cartwright said the fire was reported at 4:45 a.m. in the 2300 block of Homewood Avenue, and units arrived just before 5 a.m. Firefighters entered the rowhouse, but conditions deteriorated because of high wind, he said. So commanders ordered crews to exit and fight the fire from outside. When firefighters were able to go back inside, they discovered the six bodies, Cartwright said.

 

“The fire destroyed the Satterfields’ two-story house and the end unit next door. Two other houses on the other side of the Satterfield residence were also damaged. The block, one of few in the area that before Tuesday was not marred by vacant or boarded-up homes, is in the Midway neighborhood, just east of Greenmount Avenue and south of 25th Street….

 

“The fire brings to 18 the number of fire deaths in the city this year, Cartwright said. Last year ended with 19….” (Baltimore Sun. “3 adults, 3 children die in two-alarm fire in E. Baltimore.” 12-14-2010.)

 

Firefighter Nation: “Baltimore – A fire at home in east Baltimore killed six adults and children early Tuesday, and spread to another three homes, a fire official said.

 

“Firefighters were called to the scene around 4:45 a.m. and found a two-story brick home on fire, Baltimore fire department spokesman Kevin Cartwright said. Firefighters initially attacked the flames from the interior, but wind gusts intensified the blaze and forced them to retreat, Cartwright said. Wind gusts in the area at the time were between 30-40 mph, the National Weather Service reported….P

 

Sources

 

Baltimore Sun (Scott Calvert, Liz F. Kay and Nick Madigan). “3 adults, 3 children die in two-alarm fire in E. Baltimore.” 12-14-2010. Accessed 5-28-2016 at: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-12-14/news/bs-md-homewood-fire-20101214_1_two-alarm-fire-fire-deaths-3-adults

 

Firefighter Nation. “2-Alarm Baltimore House Fire Kills Six…” 12-14-2010. Accessed 5-27-2016 at: http://my.firefighternation.com/forum/topics/2alarm-baltimore-house-fire?q=forum/topics/2alarm-baltimore-house-fire