Fire Breaks Out In Storage Container At Severn Business

SEVERN, MD — Anne Arundel County firefighters responded to a fire at Powercon Corporation, 1551 Florida Ave., in Severn Wednesday afternoon. The fire broke out at approximately 3:50 p.m. Oct. 2 and was reported by employees who discovered a storage container on fire, which was in close proximity to a commercial building.

The metal shipping container measured 20x40 feet and it took more than 30 firefighters from two departments less than 10 minutes to extinguish the fire. The cause of the fire is being investigated by members of the Anne Arundel County Fire Department Fire and Explosives Investigation Unit.