Firefighters extinguish apartment fire in Chillum, no injuries reported
A third-floor fire in a Chillum apartment building sent smoke through the 600 block of Sheridan St., but firefighters said no one was hurt and no other units were damaged.
A third-floor apartment fire in the 600 block of Sheridan St. in Chillum sent smoke and flames through a five-story multi-family building before Prince George’s County firefighters put it out and reported no injuries. Crews responded at 11:44 a.m., and fire officials said the blaze stayed contained to the apartment where it started.
The Prince George’s County Fire Department said no residents and no responders were hurt in the incident. Firefighters also said no other apartment units were impacted, a key detail for renters in the building and nearby residents watching for signs of wider damage or evacuation concerns.
Smoke and flames were visible from the structure when crews arrived. Fire officials said the fire originated in an apartment on the third floor of the five-story building, which is in Chillum, an unincorporated area of Prince George’s County just outside the District of Columbia line.
The cause remains under investigation. Fire investigators were on the scene after the flames were extinguished, and officials had not identified what sparked the fire. No information was immediately available on whether any residents were displaced or whether the building sustained damage beyond the affected apartment.
Apartment fires in dense multi-family buildings can put pressure on evacuation routes, alarms and building systems, but in this case firefighters said the blaze did not spread beyond the apartment of origin. That limited spread prevented a larger emergency in a building where smoke and flames were visible from the outside and crews had to move quickly to knock down the fire.
The incident adds another reminder for tenants in large apartment complexes across Prince George’s County to know how quickly a fire can move, especially in buildings with multiple floors and shared walls. In Chillum, the immediate answer from fire officials was straightforward: the fire was out, no one was injured, and investigators were working to determine how it began.
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