Overview
- The Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined the manner of death was an accident and listed the cause as diffuse thermal injury and smoke inhalation.
- Family members say the fire erupted after Brown entered a barn in St. Mary’s County to jump‑start a vehicle and called for a fire extinguisher as flames spread.
- Firefighters arrived to find the structure nearly fully engulfed and later discovered a deceased male inside after bringing the blaze under control, according to local officials.
- TMZ released dispatch audio and video showing the barn fully ablaze with a person reported trapped inside after attempts to start an older car.
- Brown, best known for playing Officer Bobby Brown on HBO’s The Wire, was 62; relatives say his wife suffered severe burns trying to save him and that funeral arrangements are being planned.