SMITHSBURG — When the Smithsburg Community Volunteer Fire Company gets a call for help, its siren alerts firefighters to rush to the station at 22 N. Main St.

Local Crime & Public Safety Police identify victim in tanker truck explosion in Frederick, Md. Six homes and five other vehicles were damaged after the truck crashed and caught on fire, police said.

Heat from a chimney fire ignited the exterior wall of a Smithsburg home Monday, but no one was injured or displaced.

A 72-year-old Smithsburg man died from smoke inhalation and severe burns he suffered during a house fire at his home Monday morning.

A gunman killed three people Thursday afternoon at a manufacturing facility in Smithsburg before leading police on a chase that ended with a Maryland state trooper being shot and the shooter stopped.

A woman was pronounced dead at the scene of a shed fire Thursday afternoon near Smithsburg, according to a news release from the State Fire Marshal's Office.

SMITHSBURG, Md. — Investigators are working to determine the cause of a shed fire that claimed the life of a 70-year-old woman in Washington County on Thursday.

Law enforcement officials stand near the scene of a shooting at Columbia Machine Inc., in Smithsburg, Md., on June 9. (Bill Green/Frederick News-Post/AP) Three employees of a concrete molding ...

Crews from Washington and Franklin County Fire and Rescue Companies were awaken early for a House Fire at 13221 Edgemont Road outside of Smithsburg.

72-Year-Old Smithsburg Man Dies From Injuries Sustained During House Fire An off-duty firefighter rescued the unconscious man after he tried to put out the fire in his basement.

A fire destroyed a vacant house in Smithsburg early Wednesday, according to a press release from the Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services.

SMITHSBURG — When the Smithsburg Community Volunteer Fire Company gets a call for help, its siren alerts firefighters to rush to the station at 22 N. Main St.