Maryland House Fire Kills Family of 5
Posted on: Friday, 19 January 2007, 00:00 CST
ABINGDON, Md. - A fast-moving house fire killed five people, including an infant girl, and left their home a blackened shell Thursday.
The victims were believed to be members of the same family. Four were found immediately, and a fifth was found in the ruins of the second floor Thursday night, Deputy State Fire Marshal W. Faron Taylor said.
A passing garbage truck driver reported the fire shortly before 10:30 a.m.
Sheriff's deputies arrived first and pulled a 72-year-old man from the burning first floor of the wood-frame house in Abingdon, about 30 miles northeast of Baltimore. Jerome Shropshire died at a hospital, Deputy State Fire Marshal Faron Taylor said.
The other victims were a woman in her 60s, an 8-month-old girl and two boys ages 3 and 4, authorities said.
Fire investigators were trying to determine the cause of the blaze. There was no evidence the home had working smoke detectors, Taylor said.
Source: Associated Press/AP Online
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