Firefighters respond to a two-alarm blaze Sunday evening that destroyed two homes and damaged two others in Potomac Place. Fort Meade Fire and Emergency Services dispatched two fire engines and one ladder truck to the fire, which was the result of a ...

Fort Meade fire and emergency teams responded to a two-alarm fire Sunday evening that destroyed two homes and damaged two others in the Potomac Place neighborhood.

Five families were evacuated. No one was injured.

Fort Meade Fire and Emergency Services dispatched two fire engines and one ladder truck at 6:24 p.m. to the fire, which was the result of a lightning strike to the roof of one home.

Anne Arundel County firefighters and Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center paramedics also responded to the blaze, which was extinguished at 11:04 p.m.

Two houses located at 5th Corps Boulevard and Taylor Lane were destroyed. A third home sustained smoke damage. Part of the roof of a fourth home was damaged. The house also sustained some interior damage because of the exposed ceiling and water damage.

Corvias Military Living is providing alternative housing for the families. The Fort Meade USO-Metro Center provided the families with food from its food pantry Sunday night.

Queen Waddell, Fort Meade USO Center specialist, said the Fort Meade USO will continue to donate food from its pantry for as long as the families are in need of assistance.

Doris Tyler, director of Fort Meade's Army Community Service, and Pia Morales, Fort Meade's Mobilization and Deployment program manager, met with four families Monday morning at Potomac Place Neighborhood Center and provided information about ACS programs available to military families in a disaster.

The families were referred to the Army Emergency Relief Fund and the ACS Financial Readiness Program for assistance. The families also were referred to Military Family Life Consultants for counseling.

To make a donation for the families affected by the fire, go to https://webtrac.mwr.army.mil/donate/.