Firefighter Responds To Blaze That Claims His Home

When Maryland firefighter Michael Heim responded to a Friday-morning blaze, he didn’t realize he’d be fighting a fire that leveled his own home.Now, his colleagues are coming to the rescue with an online fundraiser campaign that’s helping him rebuild.It all started early Friday morning, when a call came in at 5:36 a.m. from Heim’s Calvert County neighbor to report a burning two-story building, according to a Maryland State Fire Marshal document. Forty firefighters from regional departments raced to the blaze.