Individual charged for downtown Salisbury garbage can fire

SALISBURY, Md. – Salisbury Police have charged an individual for igniting a 55-gallon garbage can inside the downtown parking garage.

According to the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office, the person was caught on CCTV camera setting the bin on fire around 11:56 p.m. on April 17. The garbage can, which was reduced to a pool of melted plastic, was not discovered until the next morning by a City Ambassador around 10:30 a.m.

A rubber tire on a dry chemical fire extinguisher next to the garbage can was also damaged. Investigators say the fire burned itself out.