Man dead after early-morning fire in Finksburg
The fire broke out just after midnight in the 3100 block of
Bouch said when the first units arrived there was active fire in the basement of the two-story structure. The home was broken into apartments, he said.
Smoke alarms were sounding upon arrival, Bouch said.
According to the
The 911 call was received at approximately 12:20 a.m from the occupant who lived in Apartment A, according to a news release from the fire marshal's office.
An early-morning house fire in
The two residents upstairs were alerted to the fire by the man downstairs, but the man downstairs was unable to escape and succumbed to his injuries from the active fire, Bouch said.
The man's identity has not been released, pending notification to next of kin, he said.
"They tried to make entry but there was too much smoke and heat for them to enter," Bouch said.
Firefighters from
Once the fire was extinguished, they found the deceased adult male occupant in Apartment B, according to the release. It is unknown if the smoke alarms were working at the time of the fire in Apartment B, though the smoke alarms in Apartment A were activated, according to the release. Apartment C was vacant at the time of the fire.
The origin and cause of the fire is under investigation, according to the release.
The victim was transported to the
The damage caused approximately
The
"Preliminary we don't see any foul play but the investigation is still pending autopsy results," he said.
This is the second fatal fire this year. A woman died in a fire in May in the 2000 block of
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