Crime & Safety

Firefighters Snuff Out Blaze in Columbia Town Center

Emergency personnel were called to Hickory Ridge Road Wednesday morning for fire at an apartment complex, officials said.

COLUMBIA, MD — Fire broke out inside a dryer at an apartment complex in Town Center Wednesday morning, according to the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services.

At approximately 5:45 a.m., fire officials said they were at the Eaves apartments in the 10200 block of Hickory Ridge Road responding to a dryer fire.

By 6 a.m., crews reported the fire was out.

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