Harford Senior Housing Fire: One Injured, $40K In Damage Reported

BEL AIR, MD — One person was hospitalized after fire broke out at a senior living facility in Bel Air, according to officials. The victim was in critical condition following the apartment blaze, the fire marshal reported.

At 2:20 p.m. Monday, the alarm company notified authorities the smoke alarm, fire alarm and sprinklers had gone off in the 300 block of Sunflower Drive at an apartment in the Harford Senior Housing complex.

The person inside the apartment was taken to the Johns Hopkins Bayview Burn Center and is in critical but stable condition there, the fire marshal reported Tuesday.

There was $20,000 in structural damage, while items worth about $20,000 were also destroyed, officials said.

According to authorities, 15 firefighters from the Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company responded and found the fire had been extinguished by the time they arrived.

The fire marshal determined the blaze began on the living room couch, and a cause remains under investigation.