On December 25th, Christmas Morning, at approximately 1121 hours, Hughesville Volunteers were alerted to the 2900 block of Honey Cove Court in Calvert County for the house fire. Engine 22 and Tanker 2 made the response. Engine 22 arrived on the scene and was assigned to complete a secondary search of the residence. While Engine 22 was completing the search, Tanker 2 arrived and was placed in staging for water supply operations. During the search, an additional unit already operating in the structure located two dogs, and removed them. The crew from Engine 22 took one of the dogs and attempted CPR to revive the dog. After working on the dog for several minutes, however, the dog was unable to be revived and perished at the scene. A short time later the fire was brought under control. Hughesville’s units were released from the scene and returned to quarters.

Hughesville VFD would like to extend our condolences to the family on this tragic incident on Christmas Day.