Fire at Extended Stay Columbia Traced to Laundry Room: HoCo Officials

COLUMBIA, MD — Firefighters responded to a blaze at the Extended Stay America in Columbia Friday night, officials said.

After 10:30 p.m., the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services reported that crews were in the 8800 block of Stanford Boulevard for a fire. They found smoke on the second story and extinguished a fire in the dryer of the second-floor laundry room, officials said.

Everyone in the building was evacuated, and all were allowed to return to their rooms, according to authorities, who reported there were no injuries.

Photo courtesy of the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services.