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A man and woman died in a house fire Saturday afternoon in Southwest Baltimore, fire officials said. The pair appeared to have died from smoke inhalation and burns from the fire in the 400 block of S. Fulton Ave., said Chief Kevin Cartwright, Baltimore Fire Department spokesman. An official cause of death will have to be determined by the state medical examiner, he said. The victims' names have not been released. The fire was reported at 3:39 p.m., department spokesman Chief Roman Clark said.

It is a long way from Lubbock, Texas, to Baltimore's Reservoir Hill, but Kelly Dale Terrill was up for the change. "I wanted to do something different, and I liked the Mid-Atlantic," said Terrill, 32. "So I got a job at the University of Maryland as a coordinator of development and alumni relations. " The year was 2005, and the trip east landed him in Columbia. He rarely came into the city other than for quick visits to the Inner Harbor or, as he said, "to do touristy things.

It is a long way from Lubbock, Texas, to Baltimore's Reservoir Hill, but Kelly Dale Terrill was up for the change. "I wanted to do something different, and I liked the Mid-Atlantic," said Terrill, 32. "So I got a job at the University of Maryland as a coordinator of development and alumni relations. " The year was 2005, and the trip east landed him in Columbia. He rarely came into the city other than for quick visits to the Inner Harbor or, as he said, "to do touristy things.

Crews from the Baltimore County Fire Department responded to a reported apartment fire at 2913 Andorra Court in Parkville on March 20 at 3:55 p.m. First arriving units reported two balconies on the third floor on fire. Crews entered the structure to extinguish the fire. The fire was contained to the third floor. Primary and secondary searches for occupants were negative. The fire was contained at 4:10 p.m., according to county fire officials. No injuries were reported.  

Stepping into 2100 St. Paul St. is like stepping back into Victorian Baltimore, redrawn by man with a passion for restoring self-playing organs and exceptionally large clocks. It's a tinkerer's treasure that ticks. Durward R. Center, 55, has spent three decades restoring the house and adding three tower clocks - two visible from 21st Street and one on the St. Paul Street side. The 220-pound clock weights, the size of gallon paint cans, hang in odd places such as in the stairwell from the third floor down to the first.

Crews from the Baltimore County Fire Department responded to a reported apartment fire at 2913 Andorra Court in Parkville on March 20 at 3:55 p.m. First arriving units reported two balconies on the third floor on fire. Crews entered the structure to extinguish the fire. The fire was contained to the third floor. Primary and secondary searches for occupants were negative. The fire was contained at 4:10 p.m., according to county fire officials. No injuries were reported.  

In the beginning, the search for a new home was all about studio space for artist Tendai Johnson, an instructor at Montgomery College. When his former work space in a large building in Washington's Chinatown was sold and working in his house in the H Street corridor became impossible, he and his family made the move north to Baltimore. Realtor Marci Yankelov of Century 21 found them a three-story stone Victorian townhouse in Baltimore's Reservoir Hill neighborhood. It was love at first sight.

A two-alarm fire Sunday morning damaged the Extended Stay America Hotel, at 1500 Aero Drive in Linthicum, Anne Arundel County fire officials said. The fire, reported at 3:11 a.m. by a person staying in a third-floor room who said he smelled smoke, led to the temporary relocation of people on that floor to a nearby hotel, said Lt. Stuart Peters. The fire was contained by 3:38 a.m., and hotel guests were allowed to return later in the morning. The fire was determined to be in the wall of the third-floor guest's room and electrical in nature.

A man died early today in a West Baltimore house fire that an investigator said was caused by careless smoking.Capt. Dennis Howell, the fire investigator, said the victim, who was identified as Antonio Gerald, 34, habitually smoked in bed. Firefighters found him lying on the floor of his third-floor rear apartment at 1713 W. Lombard St. He apparently was overcome by heavy smoke and collapsed while trying to reach his bedroom door.Several other residents of the brick rowhouse escaped unharmed.

An early morning fire Tuesday forced out the residents of an East Baltimore home. Firefighters were called to the 400 block of E. Biddle Street about 1:30 a.m. and found a three-story brick building with heavy smoke coming from the third floor. The fire damaged the third floor, roof area and an adjacent home, according to a fire department spokesman. A smoke detector alerted the home's occupants of the fire, and all escaped without injuries, the spokesman said. The American Red Cross of Central Maryland was on the scene, according to a spokesman for the nonprofit.

In the beginning, the search for a new home was all about studio space for artist Tendai Johnson, an instructor at Montgomery College. When his former work space in a large building in Washington's Chinatown was sold and working in his house in the H Street corridor became impossible, he and his family made the move north to Baltimore. Realtor Marci Yankelov of Century 21 found them a three-story stone Victorian townhouse in Baltimore's Reservoir Hill neighborhood. It was love at first sight.

People driving down a two-lane road in Jacksonville often slow down at a large Maryland Historical Society marker with the heading "Quinn. " It reads: "500-acre grant in 1704 to Thomas Mac Nemara. Later called Sweet Air. Charles and Daniel Carroll, Mac Nemara's kinsmen, acquired the property and sold it in 1751 to Roger Boyce, who built the present house. It was purchased in 1785 for Henry Hill Carroll, who died here in 1804. His son, Henry Carroll, sold it in 1838. " This could almost be a page from a 200-year-old courthouse document, were it not for the fact that a three-story, brick colonial sits at the end of the lane as a monument to the past.

A Frederick man fell to his death at a new condo construction site in Hanover Tuesday morning, Anne Arundel County police said. Ismael Celestino Lopez-Rojas, 32, an employee for a subcontractor of roofing company Topper Construction, had climbed onto a roof of the three-story condo at 1475 Dorsey Road to secure a safety-anchor, when police said he apparently lost his footing, and fell off of the roof, shortly before 7 a.m. Lopez-Rojas, of...

An early morning fire at a Randallstown apartment complex has displaced 16 people and damaged 12 units. One firefighter from the Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company received minor injuries and has been treated and released from an area hospital. Firefighters responded shortly after 2 a.m., when the the Baltimore County 911 Center received several calls about a fire on the third floor of a building in the 3600 block Yennar Lane, near North Rolling Road. The fire spread quickly across the attic and through the roof of two adjoining buildings.

A fire broke out Sunday morning in a Laurel apartment building, forcing about 40 people from their homes and injuring one firefighter. Howard County firefighters arrived at the 9700 block of Tiger Lily Path about 5:45 a.m. to find an apartment building on fire, heavy smoke and flames visible. Residents of the third floor, where the fire was strongest, had already gotten out. After evacuating the rest of the building, firefighters were able to get the fire under control by 6:30 a.m. and completely extinguished by 8 a.m. The fire displaced about 40 people, officials estimate.

Three model homes within Towson Green, the Bozzuto Group's new Towson housing development, are open to the public, showcasing what life could be like in the new town houses off Burke Avenue, east of York Road. Many community members who were involved in early discussions about the $10.3 million project - and who had a hand in influencing  Bozzuto'splans - have seen the models. Ed Kilcullen, a vice president of the Greater Towson Council of Community Associations and a resident of Towson Manor Village, said he believes the project is "coming along pretty well.

Two city firefighters were slightly injured early today battling a two-alarm house fire in the 3900 block of Belview Ave. near Garrison Boulevard.Both firefighters were treated at the scene. Their names and assignments were not available.Reported at 2:48 a.m., the fire went to a second alarm at 3:02 a.m. and was declared under control shortly before 4 a.m.Officer Wayne Jones of the Northwestern police district said flames were shooting out of the second and third floor windows of the three-story shingle dwelling when he arrived on the scene shortly after the first of nearly 15 pieces of fire apparatus took up positions in the front and rear of the burning dwelling.

A fire broke out Sunday morning in a Laurel apartment building, forcing about 40 people from their homes and injuring one firefighter. Howard County firefighters arrived at the 9700 block of Tiger Lily Path about 5:45 a.m. to find an apartment building on fire, heavy smoke and flames visible. Residents of the third floor, where the fire was strongest, had already gotten out. After evacuating the rest of the building, firefighters were able to get the fire under control by 6:30 a.m. and completely extinguished by 8 a.m. The fire displaced about 40 people, officials estimate.

The Benson-Hammond House stands as a tranquil oasis amid Linthicum's bustling air and ground traffic. The 200-year-old mansion-turned-museum sits on about 3 acres, surrounded by BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport. That it escaped the wrecking ball and has thrived is due largely to a determined group of volunteers who formed the Ann Arrundell County Historical Society 50 years ago. "We are the only museum in the U.S. located on an international airport's property," said Oscar "Skip" Booth, former president and current vice president of the 400-member society.

Approximately 50 firefighters spent about two hours battling a fire Saturday at the abandoned Henryton State Hospital in the Marriottsville area of Carroll County, officials said Sunday. Brett Pearce, deputy chief of the Sykesville Fire Department, said Sunday the site - which once served tuberculosis patients and, later, mental health patients before it closed in the mid-1980s - has been a hot spot for crime. At least 12 suspicious fires have been set in the last 10 years, Pearce said.