Bowie Fires: Then and Now

Wednesday night's fire on Kembridge Drive (click here to read details) inspired me to search through some of the negatives from photos that Arnie Miles shot for the Bowie Blade back in the 1970s. The negatives for these photos are on loan from Arnie Miles, and I have been posting them on Bowie Living as part of the Bowie Blade Pic Project.

Member of Bowie Volunteer Fire Department Company 39 were present at both fires. I was able to make out the names "Silvers" and "Lawson" from the helmets in the 1975 photos.

May or June, 1975

Photos of Bowie Maryland 1973 through 1975 by Arnie Miles is licensed under a Creative
Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States
License

September 22, 2010

The 12300 block of Kembridge Drive

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Storm Sparks Blaze in Bowie's "K" Section

A thunderstorm sparked a fire in the 12300 block of Kembridge Drive in Bowie's Kenilworth neighborhood tonight. The only structure damage appeared to be a shed. Downed power lines prevented firefighters from attacking the blaze, and the shed was left to burn while firefighters waited for crews from BG&E. The exact cause of the fire was not immediately known. Neighbors speculated that the fire was caused be either a direct lightning strike or by the downed power line.

The storm caused several broken tree branches in the "K" and "S" sections, and many residents of the Kenilworth neighborhood were without power.