Accidental Severn House Fire Hospitalizes Woman, Causes $60K In Damage: Officials

SEVERN, MD — An accidental Severn house fire hospitalized a woman and caused $60,000 in damage this week, Anne Arundel County officials announced.

Authorities said the woman, believed to be in her 70s, was in cardiac arrest when firefighters pulled her from the home. Paramedics took her to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore with critical, life-threatening injuries.

A neighbor reported smoke coming from the home's windows in the 8200 block of Portsmouth Drive around 6:17 p.m. Monday.

Firefighters said they spotted and extinguished the flames, which started in the living room of the two-story duplex. Crews simultaneously found and removed the woman from the second floor.

A team of 42 firefighters controlled the blaze in about 15 minutes, a press release said.

The Anne Arundel County Fire Department thanked these stations for assisting its response:

• Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport Fire & Rescue Department
• Fort George G. Meade Fire and Emergency Services

The home's smoke alarms sounded properly, investigators said. The cause is still undetermined.

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