Two-Alarm Fire Destroys Glen Burnie Home

A 13-year-old girl was treated for smoke inhalation Tuesday evening after a two-alarm fire destroyed her Glen Burnie home.

According to a man who identified himself as the stepfather of the 13-year-old, the girl was asleep when she was awakened by the smoke. She then jumped out of a front window and a neighbor caught her.

“She was home alone,” said the stepfather, who also lived in the house but declined to give his name. “I just got a phone call [from her] from a neighbor’s house that the house was on fire.”

The man, who was visibly shaken, said he had lived in the home for about three years.

The girl was taken to Harbor Hospital in Baltimore to be treated for smoke inhalation.

The fire department received a call at 4:48 p.m. that the house, located in the 100 block of Warfield Road, was on fire, said fire spokesman Lt. Clifford Kooser. Firefighters had the fire under control by 5:10 p.m., he said.

Two adults and two children lived in the home, Kooser said, and the American Red Cross was on the scene to assist the family.

“No neighboring homes were damaged,” Kooser said. “You could say this is a success story in that no one was hurt. If this had happened at five in the morning this would have been a different story.”

Kooser said the cause of the fire is unknown and was being investigated.