Flooding Closes Route 69

Man Dies AfterWestminsterBike Shop Fire; Investigation Continues

Hundred VolunteerFire Company responded aftersevere flooding from heavy rains caused Route 69 to be closed between Round Bottom and Church Fork recently.

Deputy State Fire Marshals are investigating the cause of a Westminsterbike shop fire that led to the ownersuccumbing to his injuries afterbeing rescued by firefighters. At 0518 on December 12, 2022, WestminsterFire Department and surrounding departments from Carroll, Baltimore, York and Adams counties, responded to a building fire at Whites Bicycles located on West Main Street. Firefighters arrived to heavy smoke within the building and began rescuing tenants from 10 apartments above the business. Firefighters continued theirsearch and subsequently located the ownerof the bike shop inside. Firefighters pulled him from the building, and EMS began CPR. He was transported to Carroll Hospital, where he was laterpronounced deceased. The Office of the State Fire Marshal, along with the WestminsterPolice Department, were trying to determine the cause of the fire.

- Submitted by Office Maryland State Fire Marshal; photo courtesy of Carroll Fire News