Crime & Safety

House Fire Kills 2, Injures Firefighter In Prince George's County

Two people are dead and a firefighter is injured after a house fire broke out in Seat Pleasant Thursday morning.

SEAT PLEASANT, MD — Two people are dead and a firefighter is injured after a house fire broke out in Seat Pleasant Thursday morning.

The fire broke out at a two-story single family home in the 6200 block of Foote St. at about 5:30 a.m.

Chief Spokesperson for Prince George's Fire Mark Brady said officials arrived to the home and saw it was "well involved with fire" and could see flames from the first and second floor. Firefighters extinguished the fire about 20 minutes later.

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Firefighters located two unidentified bodies on the second floor of the home, Brady said. A firefighter was hurt battling the blaze, but the injury is not serious, officials said.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation, Brady said.

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