UPDATE: PGFD firefighter critically burned. Mayday at house fire in Largo, Maryland. Daniel McGown is son of former deputy chief. Video & photos.
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FF/Medic Daniel McGown. PGFD photo.
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UPDATED at 3:59 PM with corrected details from Mark Brady on where FF McGown was found and how he was removed from the house:
A Prince George’s County firefighter is reported in critical but stable condition after being burned during an overnight house fire in Largo, Maryland. 21-year-old Daniel McGown is being treated at the Medstar Burn Unit of the Washington Hospital Center for burns to the face and head. Two other firefighters were also hurt.
McGown is a career firefighter/paramedic with four years on the department. McGown’s sister is also with Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department and his father is a retired deputy chief.
According to a PGFD statement, “McGown is intubated and sedated. Doctors at the Burn Unit advised that the next 72 hours will be critical in determining his prognosis.”
According to Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department Chief Spokesman Mark Brady, the fire at 87 Herrington Drive appears to be arson after a vintage Corvette was set on fire under a carport. The fire extended into the kitchen of the single-family-home.
Firefighter McGown was part of a crew of six from Engine 846 (Largo) that responded to the 2:00 AM fire. According to Brady, McGown and two other firefighters took a line to the kitchen area adjacent to the carport. It was there that something happened forcing the firefighters to scatter.
McGown ended up unconscious in the family room (corrected from the living room where the picture window is). A crew from Station 833 (Kentland VFD) heard a PASS device and discovered the downed firefighter. According to Brady a “mayday” was called and Firefighter McGown was carried through a large window in the family room on Side D of the house. Due to McGown’s condition paramedics decided not to wait for a medevac helicopter and drove the firefighter to the burn facility.
Carport on Side B where investigators say the fire started. Mark Brady photo.
The other two firefighters had less serious burns and are expected to be released from the burn unit.
Timothy Bivins a resident and son of the homeowner tells 9NEWS NOW’s Armando Trull the family has been victim to vandals recently.
Daniel McGown’s sister, Kimberly McGown Blackistone, has been a career firefighter and paramedic with PGFD for 7-years. Their father, Bill McGown, retired in 2006 as a deputy chief and is currently the Deputy Director of Public Safety Communications for Prince George’s County (911 center).
The pictures below are from PGFD’s Mark Brady.
Above, Side C of home.
View of the kitchen where firefighters were making their attack on the fire.
Family room where FF McGown was found. Window was used to remove FF McGown to Side D.
Side A of the house.
