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On Friday, June 3, 2016 @ 0845 Wicomico Central alerted Station's 9 (Mardela), 5 (Hebron), 12 (Westside) and 14 (Sharptown) for a reported Chicken House fire @ 7920 Baptist Church Rd. Crews arrived to find a large chicken house fully involved. Command was established and additional Tankers, Engines and Personel were requested to assist in extinguishment. Extinguishment efforts proved to be difficult due to a large variety of equipment, tools and vehicles being stored inside the structure. Command then requested a large excavator to assit with opening up the structure so crews could finish extinguishing the fire.

This incident was placed under control @ 1201 and terminated @ 1358

Station 5 units on scene: Engine/Tanker-5, Tanker-508, Ladder-5 and Traffic Control-5