At approximately 9:30 p.m. on Friday, July 22nd, the Carroll County Emergency Communications Center dispatched units for a house fire located at 3876 Gamber Road in Finksburg. Members from Gamber arrived quickly and found heavy fire and smoke conditions coming from the 2nd floor of the home. Luckily, all occupants of the home were outside upon arrival. A tanker Task force was requested to the scene allowing an estimated 50 firefighters and EMS personnel to respond and place the fire under control within 25 minutes and containing the blaze to the 2nd floor. Two Sykesville firefighters received non-life threatening injuries while on the scene and were transported to Carroll Hospital Center where they were treated and released. The four occupants of the home are being assisted by immediate family members.

The Office of the State Fire Marshal investigated the origin and cause for the fire and determined it to have originated in the second floor bedroom and an electrical outlet. No working smoke alarms were found inside the home at the time of the incident. Damage estimates to the structure and contents is valued at $90,000.