Overview
- Flames broke out just after 1 a.m. on Erie Street, racing from the first floor into the attic of the two-story home.
- James Clark said a working smoke alarm woke him before he kicked out an upstairs window and jumped to safety without injury.
- Officials said the two deceased adults were non-ambulatory, and a dog also died in the fire.
- A Susquehanna Hose Company firefighter suffered an electric-shock injury described as minor and was taken to Bayview Medical Center.
- State and local investigators remain on scene, examining accidental causes on the first floor and noting this is Harford County’s first double fatality of the year.