UPDATE: Elderly Man Dies in Springdale House Fire

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UPDATED at 4:15 p.m.

An elderly Springdale man died Monday at the MEDSTAR Washington Hospital Center Burn Unit after suffering burns over 80 percent of his body in a house fire.

Prince George’s County Firefighter/Medics were called about 9:15 p.m. Sunday to the two-story single-family home in the 3400 block of Edwards Street in Springdale.

The victim suffered second- and third-degree burns when the furniture he was seated on caught fire by a lit cigarette, authorities say. Family members were alerted to the blaze by a smoke alarm and extinguished the fire before firefighters arrived.

Medics treated the man, who was taken to the hospital in critical condition.

The name of the deceased is being withheld pending family notification.

This is the second residential fire fatality in Prince George’s County this year. Both incidents involve cigarettes. On Jan. 1 a Laurel resident was lighting a cigarette when her hair caught fire. She died from her injuries the following day.

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