WICOMICO COUNTY — A structure fire in Wicomico County had a 102-year-old man struggling to get out, until his neighbors intervened.
The man suffered burns and was taken to Tidal Health in Salisbury. The fire also caused an estimated $80,000 in damage to the house.
The one-story home caught fire at 10:25 a.m. Thursday morning, in the 35000 block of Ocean City Road in Pittsville.
According to a release from the Office of the State Fire Marshal, the preliminary case was accidental as a result of a pellet-stove chimney being too close to combustible furniture on the porch.
Neighbors and passing motorists assisted the man out of the burning home.
