Father Killed In Fire While Trying To Save Family: Report

GLEN BURNIE, MD — A residential fire killed a man Sunday in Glen Burnie, officials said.

Firefighters identified the victim as Julian Teletor Primero, 52. WMAR said he was a father.

Crews said a minor and a woman were hospitalized for smoke inhalation. Three firefighters were hospitalized with minor burns.

WMAR reported that three families lived in the home, and 13 residents were displaced after the fire.

The victim initially escaped the blaze, but he re-entered the residence to search for his family, Anne Arundel County Fire Department Lt. Joshua Bramble told WMAR.

"Which is quite heroic to me that the dad would go back in to be sure all his family was out," Bramble told WMAR, adding that "Everyone else was out, he just didn't know they were out. So it's kind of heartbreaking in a way that he went back in, when he really didn't have to. But he didn't know he didn't have to. That's just, so honorable to me."

The fire happened in the 1100 block of Crain Highway, WJZ said.

Firefighters said they were called at 3:38 a.m. Sunday and arrived within three minutes.

Crews said they removed the victim from the home and pronounced him dead at the scene.

The cause of the fire is under investigation, but officials think it was accidental.

The American Red Cross and the Anne Arundel County Mobile Crisis Team are assisting the displaced residents.

This map shows the area where WJZ said the fire happened.