Victim Killed In Glen Burnie House Fire Identified, 6 Hurt

GLEN BURNIE, MD — Authorities have released the name of a man who was killed in a Glen Burnie house fire that also injured six people, two critically. The Anne Arundel County Fire Department says George Christopher Kouimanis, 37, of 415 Wellham Ave., died in the blaze, which is believed to have been accidental and started in the home's basement.

Multiple 911 calls from neighbors and passersby reported the fire in the one-story home at 11:46 p.m. Wednesday. Fire officials say Kouimanis was removed from the basement by firefighters and taken by paramedics to Baltimore Washington Medical Center with critical, life-threatening injuries. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.

A 32-year-old woman was taken to the Burn Center at John Hopkins Bayview Hospital with critical, life-threatening injuries. A 5-year-old boy is being treated for critical, possibly life-threatening injuries at the pediatric trauma center at John Hopkins Hospital. There is no update on their conditions, fire officials said Thursday afternoon.

Victims and responders told investigators that the 32-year-old woman was able to escape the home with the 5-year-old child before firefighters arrived. Kouimanis was unable to get out of the house.

Paramedics took a 31-year-old man and three females ages 3, 22 and 44 to Baltimore Washington Medical Center with minor injuries. They were all occupants of the home and evacuated before firefighters arrived.

The fire was contained to the basement and brought under control in about 30 minutes. No dollar loss for has been released, the department said in a report. The cause of the fire is under investigation by members of the Anne Arundel County Fire Department Fire and Explosives Investigation Unit.

Photos courtesy of the Anne Arundel County Fire Department