Officials: 2 dead in fatal house fire in Havre de Grace

AND THIS MORNING WE ARE FOLLOWING SOME BREAKING NEWS OUT OF A DEADLY HOUSE FIRE IN HARFORD GRACE JENYNE DONALDSON IS LIVE AT THE SCENE THERE IN HARFORD COUNTY. ALL RIGHT. JANINE, WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED SO FAR? HEY. GOOD MORNING. WE ARE ON SCENE FOR THAT FIRE RIGHT NOW. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT HAS BEEN PUT OUT. FIRE INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW ON SCENE TRYING TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT STARTED THE CAUSE OF THIS FIRE. I’M STANDING HERE WITH THE DEPUTY STATE FIRE MARSHAL, OLIVER CARE. AND WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? SO JUST AROUND 115 THIS MORNING, SEVERAL OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENTS WERE CALLED HERE TO 860 ERIE STREET FOR A REPORTED HOUSE FIRE. THERE WAS INITIAL REPORTS THAT SOMEBODY HAD ESCAPED. HOWEVER, THERE WAS STILL TWO VICTIMS INSIDE. WHEN FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED, THEY DISCOVERED A HOUSE IMMEDIATELY. THE FIRE HAS RAPIDLY SPREAD THERE WAS REPORTS THAT ONE VICTIM HAD JUMPED OUT OF THE SECOND STORY WINDOW. IT TOOK ABOUT FIREFIGHTERS ABOUT AN HOUR TO TWO HOURS TO ACTUALLY CONTROL THE FIRE. WHEN OUR INVESTIGATORS ARRIVED, WE HAD CONFIRMED THAT AN ADULT SON OF THE TWO VICTIMS INSIDE HAD ACTUALLY DISCOVERED FIRE THROUGH A SMOKE ALARM THAT WAS ACTIVATING. HE ATTEMPTED TO GO DOWNSTAIRS, HE THEN KICKED OUT A WINDOW ON THE SECOND FLOOR, JUMPED OUT FROM HIS BEDROOM AND SCREAMED FOR HELP FROM THE LOCAL NEIGHBORS. FIREFIGHTERS ACTUALLY WENT IN AND LOCATED TWO DECEASED VICTIMS INSIDE. WE DO BELIEVE THAT THAT IS THE. WE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT IT IS THE THE ADULT OWNERS OF THIS HOUSE. SO THE CAUSE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. OUR INVESTIGATORS ARE GOING TO REMAIN ON SCENE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WE HAVE NO EVIDENCE THAT A CRIMINAL ACT TOOK PLACE. WE’RE REALLY GOING TO FOCUS ON ACCIDENTAL CAUSES. SO AT THIS POINT, THE CAUSE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. AND IN MANY FATAL FIRES, WE SEE THAT THERE WERE NOT SMOKE WORKING SMOKE ALARMS IN THE HOUSE, BUT IN THIS CASE THERE WERE ACTUALLY WORKING SMOKE ALARMS. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE ARE ABSOLUTELY CREDITING THAT ONE SMOKE ALARM THAT WAS ACTIVATED FOR SAVING THAT GENTLEMAN’S LIFE. IT IS TRAGIC THAT WE HAD TWO OTHERS THAT PERISHED IN THE FIRE. HOWEVER, WE ARE CREATING THAT SMOKE ALARM WE HAVE. WE DO HAVE EVIDENCE THAT THEY WERE NON-AMBULATORY, SO IT MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY EXIT OUT OF THE HOUSE. WE ACTUALLY TRAGICALLY LOST ONE PET IN THIS FIRE AS WELL. OH MY GOODNESS. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK THIS MORNING. THAT IS THE WINDOW THAT WE’RE THAT SECOND STORY WINDOW. AND AS HE TOLD US, IT APPEARS THAT THE FIRE STARTED ON THE FIRST FLOOR HERE. SO THIS IS ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATING TO WAKE UP TO IN THE HAVRE DE GRACE AREA RIGHT NOW. AGAIN, FIRE INVESTIGATORS ARE ON SCENE WORKING TO DETERMINE WHAT THEY BELIEVE TO BE AN ACCIDENTAL CAUSE FOR THIS FIRE. WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE LOOKING INTO THIS, ASKING QUESTIONS. AS THEY LEARN MORE, THEY WILL FILL US IN, BUT F

A house fire has claimed the lives of two people in Havre de Grace, Wednesday morning.According to the Maryland State Fire Marshal, fire companies responded to the 800 block of Erie Street for a house fire with people trapped. When they arrived, they found heavy fire throughout a two-story home. Firefighters confirmed that one person escaped the fire by jumping from a second-story window, as he was unable to escape from the front door. He was uninjured but two other people died inside of the home. The Office of State Fire Marshal is working alongside the Havre de Grace Police Department to investigate the fire. This is a developing story.

HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. —

A house fire has claimed the lives of two people in Havre de Grace, Wednesday morning.

According to the Maryland State Fire Marshal, fire companies responded to the 800 block of Erie Street for a house fire with people trapped. When they arrived, they found heavy fire throughout a two-story home.

Firefighters confirmed that one person escaped the fire by jumping from a second-story window, as he was unable to escape from the front door. He was uninjured but two other people died inside of the home.

The Office of State Fire Marshal is working alongside the Havre de Grace Police Department to investigate the fire.

This is a developing story.