Smoke Inhalation

A Pylesville man died of smoke inhalation after a small electrical fire in his bedroom Thursday afternoon, state fire marshals said Sheldon "Sam" Deller, 52, was killed when a fire broke out in the first floor bedroom of his home in the 5000 block of West Heaps Road in Pylesville. The 12:41 p.m. fire caused $200 damage to the two-story, wood frame dwelling, according to a news release from the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office. Monitored Harford County emergency radio broadcasts reported a fire with rescue; however, the first arriving unit reported "nothing evident" showing outside of the dwelling.

A Baltimore City police officer was taken to a local hospital for smoke inhalation after he attempted to alert residents about a two-alarm fire in the Bolton Hill neighborhood Saturday afternoon. Fire department spokesman Capt. Roman Clark said the officer suffered minor injuries. He was treated at the scene and transported to the hospital as a precautionary measure. The blaze in the 1800 block of Eutaw Place began around 2:30 p.m. and was placed under control about two hours later, he said.

A Baltimore woman was treated for a mild case of smoke inhalation following a house fire in the 1200 block of W. Lexington St. in Baltimore City Thursday morning. According to Baltimore City Fire Department spokesman Kevin Cartwright, units were called at 8:13 a.m. to a three-story end-of-group house on Lexington Street. He said they found fire in the first floor hallway and going up to the second floor Cartwright said the occupants escaped by climbing onto the roof and down a ladder and that the fire was put out in six minutes.

Plumes of billowing smoke above Johns Hopkins Hospital were visible for miles Wednesday as a ventilation unit caught fire above an 11-story campus building. The fire broke out at about 10:30 a.m. at 550 N. Broadway - an office building generally called Building 550 - and was contained in about an hour. No one was injured and the building's damage was limited to the roof area, said Chief Kevin Cartwright of the Baltimore City Fire Department. Fire Battalion Chief Ron Hudgins said a unit in the building's cooling tower atop the brick structure malfunctioned, sparking the one-alarm blaze.

A police officer was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center for possible smoke inhalation after Thursday afternoon apartment fire in Baltimore's Mid-Town Belvedere, a fire department spokesman said. Two police officers responded to the unit block of West Biddle Street where a two-alarm fire broke out in the fourth floor of the building, fire department spokesman Cpt. Roman Clark said. The police entered the building to alert residents before firefighters arrived. One officer was later taken to the hospital, he said.

The three children who were trapped in a burning townhouse in Cecil County a week ago died of smoke inhalation, according to a preliminary investigation by the state fire marshal's office. Bruce D. Bouch, a deputy fire marshal, said Friday that investigators "have a couple of hypotheses" about the cause of the fire but were waiting to speak with the children's 29-year-old mother, Jewel Johnson, when she is well enough, perhaps early next week. Johnson was badly burned in the fire and is being treated at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center for smoke inhalation and burns on at least 17 percent of her body.

A 23-year-old woman suffered minor smoke inhalation Sunday during a fire that began in a neighboring Savage town house, county firefighters said.Gina Dolin, 23, of the 8300 block Perri Drive in the Howard Hills area, was treated at Greater Laurel-Beltsville Hospital and released.The fire occurred at 11:25 p.m.Firefighters said the kitchen apparently caught fire after electrical wiring short-circuited. No one was home, and heavy smoke poured out the town house and drifted to Dolin's home, firefighters said.

A 12-year-old boy suffered smoke inhalation yesterday in a fire at a two-story duplex in Taneytown, authorities said.A faulty window air conditioner caused the fire, which began in a second-floor bedroom on Courier Court, officials said.The boy discovered the fire when he was awakened at 11: 16 a.m. by a smoke detector, state fire marshals said.The boy, who was not named, and two occupants fled the house.Firefighters from Taneytown, Harney and Union Bridge took 15 minutes to extinguish the blaze, which caused an estimated $45,000 worth of damage.

Six children who suffered smoke inhalation in a fire Saturday that destroyed a West Baltimore rowhouse were in stable condition yesterday at three hospitals, a Fire Department spokesman said.Firefighters responded to the fire in the 900 block of N. Mount St. shortly before 11 p.m. James Yeats, a neighbor, helped firefighters rescue the children from the home, residents said.Michael Maybin, the Fire Department spokesman, said Delshawn Harkless, 4, and Raquan Harkless, 2, were taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center and then flown to Children's Hospital in Washington yesterday.

Deputy state fire marshals identified the victim of Thursday's fatal fire near Havre de Grace as George M. Scott, 86, who lived in the home in the Webster Village neighborhood where the fire occurred. An autopsy by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner was completed Friday and determined the cause of Mr. Scott's death was smoke inhalation and thermal injuries, according to a news release from the Fire Marshal's Office. Mr. Scott was the sole occupant of the home at the time of the fire, according to the release.

An early-morning fire in Brooklyn sent four people to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, including one firefighter and three occupants of the house. According to Baltimore City Fire Department Chief Kevin Cartwright, the one-alarm fire broke out about 4:20 a.m. in a dwelling in the 800 block of Glade Court in Brooklyn. According to Cartwright, units responded to find a two-story dwelling with smoke and fire visible, and crews put out the fire by 4:35 a.m. Cartwright said one adult and two children suffered mild smoke inhalation, were evaluated at the scene and transported to Harbor Hospital for additional treatment.

A Pylesville man died of smoke inhalation after a small electrical fire in his bedroom Thursday afternoon, state fire marshals said Sheldon "Sam" Deller, 52, was killed when a fire broke out in the first floor bedroom of his home in the 5000 block of West Heaps Road in Pylesville. The 12:41 p.m. fire caused $200 damage to the two-story, wood frame dwelling, according to a news release from the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office. Monitored Harford County emergency radio broadcasts reported a fire with rescue; however, the first arriving unit reported "nothing evident" showing outside of the dwelling.

A 59-year-old Oxon Hill man died after suffering burns and smoke inhalation in a fire that tore through his home Sunday morning, according to a Prince George's County Fire and Emergency Medical Services spokesman. Firefighters responded to the 5100 block of Boulder Drive about 5:30 a.m. for reports of a man trapped in a fire and found heavy smoke coming out of the home, said Mark Brady, the spokesman. They located the man, who was transported to a local hospital and then transferred to the Burn Center at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, where he was pronounced dead at about 12:30 p.m., Brady said.

A Maryland man is in critical condition after a house fire in Oxon Hill that caused more than $50,000 in damage.  A Prince George's County fire official says firefighters were called to a home in the 5100 block of Boulder Drive around 5:30 a.m. Sunday. Firefighters evacuated an approximately 50-year-old man from the home. He was taken to the hospital with burns smoke inhalation injuries.  The man's wife was also taken to the hospital with symptoms of smoke inhalation. Officials say she is in fair condition.  Investigators believe the cause of the fire may be a kerosene space heater.

A fire broke out in a two-story home Friday morning burning an infant and sending two others to the hospital. Just after 11 a.m., about 10 fire crews responded to 435 Monford Ave., in the McElderry Park neighborhood, and put out a fire within 10 minutes that was contained to one room. An adult and a child in the home suffered smoke inhalation and were taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital. An infant, also in the home, suffered burns but Baltimore fire spokesman Kevin Cartwright did not know the degree of the burns or where the child was taken for medical care.

A two-alarm fire Friday at a mobile home park in southern Anne Arundel County has destroyed two homes and displaced seven residents, including a woman who was hospitalized for smoke inhalation. Fire crews, called at 3:45 a.m. to the Lion's Creek Mobile Home Park on Bravo Street in Lothian, found two units heavily involved in fire. It took 60 firefighters about an hour to bring the fire under control. Investigators are working to determine the cause, but have said the fire spread quickly from one home to an adjoining residence.

An 88-year-old woman was killed in a fire at her East Baltimore rowhouse on Sunday afternoon, according to a Baltimore City Fire Department spokesman. Firefighters first responded to the home in the 2200 block of East North Avenue in the city's Broadway East neighborhood about 6:40 p.m. for reports of heavy smoke and fire, said Chief Kevin Cartwright, a fire spokesman. After making their way into the home, firefighters found the woman, who was not identified, dead in a central room from what appeared to be smoke inhalation and burns, Cartwright said.