Four apartments damaged, five displaced in fire Wednesday night
Published 9:27 pm Wednesday, July 2, 2025
SALISBURY — At approximately 8 p.m. Wednesday night, July 2, multiple calls came in to emergency dispatch in Salisbury reporting a fire in all the first floor apartments in the 400 block of Park Avenue.
According to Salisbury Fire Chief Bob Parnell, Engine 1 was first on scene and found a fully involved fire, with “flames coming out of the doors and windows in the front and the back of the second apartment.”
Crews immediately attacked the fire with water while the ladder truck crews did a preliminary search and found no one remained inside any of the apartments. Reports indicate no one was at home in the second unit at the time of the fire, and residents in others all made it safely out. Firefighters had the fire knocked down in about 12 minutes.
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Several neighbors said they smelled the smoke and when they walked outside, they could see “huge flames” coming out of the windows, particularly in the back of the second apartment.
Most of the damage was to the second apartment, but there was damage to the first, third and fourth apartment as well. The fire department requested assistance from the Red Cross for five adults who were displaced from three of units. It is not confirmed, but it appears from comments from residents that the first unit was not occupied. At one time it was the office, but is now another rental unit, but no one was currently in residence there.
There are two additional apartment buildings in the small development, neither of which were impacted, but Parnell said firefighters would remain on the scene until all fire was out and there was no risk to other structures.
On Thursday, Parnell said the fire marshals are continuing their investigation but had not yet determined a cause, but he said they have ruled it was accidental.
