UPDATE 4/17/2025 @ 4:30 P.M.: Deputy State Fire Marshals continue to investigate the cause of a house fire that claimed the life of two Charles County residents. On April 17, 2025 at 6:15 a.m. the Bel Alton Volunteer Fire Department and surrounding departments were dispatched to 9690 Brunswick Road in Faulkner for a structure fire. Upon their arrival, they observed a two-story house fully involved in fire and received reports that the owners of the home were not accounted for. Firefighters encountered severe hoarding conditions inside the home during suppression efforts. It took 50 firefighters two hours to bring the blaze under control. Firefighters located the second-floor occupants and owners of the home 62-year-old Robert Bowling, and a 70-year-old Kim Dickens deceased in the remains of the home. A tenant that resided on the first level of the home was able to escape uninjured. Damages to the structure are estimated to be $175,000.00 and another $75,000.00 to the structure’s contents. Smoke alarms were found in the home but it is unknown if they were working. The two deceased men have been transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore to determine the cause of death. The exact […]
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