Attic Fire Causes $55K Damage To Glen Burnie Home: Official

GLEN BURNIE, MD — A two-story duplex at 7923 East Park Drive in Glen Burnie caught on fire Thursday afternoon shortly after 3:30 p.m. A neighbor spotted smoke and flames coming out of the home's attic and rushed to the home to alert the residents there. They tried to put out the fire while waiting for firefighters to arrive.

The Anne Arundel County Fire Department was assisted by the Fort Meade Fire and Emergency Services and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport Fire & Rescue Department. Together they blanketed the fire with water in three minutes and brought it under control within 20 minutes.

The home sustained $55,000 in damage. No injuries were reported and the fire has been classified as accidental, according to the fire department.