At 1309 hours, Station 2 was alerted for the commercial building fire at the new Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative “SMECO” complex located at 14950 Cooperative Place.
Tanker 2 responded and arrived to find a two story commercial structure, still under construction, with heavy smoke showing from the roof/side Charlie. Crewmembers initiated an aggressive attack to stop the spread of the fire and upon arrival of Trucks 3 and Truck 1 crew’s laddered the structure to knock down the fire in the upper levels of the structure.

Units operated for just over an hour. Chief 2A Herbert had the Command.

**Pics courtesy of Clark Embrey & Steve Brookbank, & Shawn Combs**