Kitchen Rags Spontaneously Catch Fire At Senior Living Facility: MD Fire Marshal

HARFORD COUNTY, MD — A fire broke out at Common Wealth Senior Living in Bel Air early Friday morning, according to the Maryland Office of the State Fire Marshal.

Firefighters from the Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company were called to the senior living facility around 12:41 a.m. July 19. Common Wealth Senior Living is located at 1415 St. Francis Rd.

An automatic fire sprinkler system extinguished the fire before the firefighters arrived. The fire marshal reported the cause of the fire as a spontaneous combustion of kitchen rags. The fire caused approximately $50,000 in damages and loss of contents, the state fire marshal's office reported.