Cambridge Man Looking for Answers Following Accidental Fire

(CAMBRIDGE, Md) – For Quinton Brooks, it’s been a difficult week to say the least.

Following an accidental kitchen fire, he’s now stuck trying to find a new place to live with his girlfriend.

Brooks tells us, “It was basically just a regular cooking fire, but the house was also still condemned due to code violations. Electrical sockets, we didn’t have working fire alarms in the home. We never had working fire alarms in the home…”

We spoke with Cambridge City Manager Glenn Steckman about the investigation into the apartment and the code enforcement violations.

And with multiple landlords committing these violations, the city is working on a long-term plan to cut down on those.

“That’s why the city is is in the process of going through a registration system and then hopefully within a year from now will be able to start doing annual inspections or every two-year inspections of these apartments,” says Steckman.

In a note Brooks sent us after our conversation, he spoke about how he’s concerned, especially with a child on the way.

“I got too much going on right now. I have a girlfriend whose pregnant. obviously, we were already looking for a place to stay, but due to the circumstances and the things that happened, it honestly just sped up the process…” Brooks says.

Meanwhile, the city is going to make sure that living conditions are up to code.

Steckman says, “We are working with a number of landlords, whether they’re single-family home or multi-family home projects, to make sure that, you know, people have quality housing.”

We did reach out to Brooks landlord Monday afternoon for a request to talk with him. He has declined to comment at this time.