Cumberland firefighters fight a fire in a row house on Harrison Street in Cumberland Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. The Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office says a 6-year-old girl is dead and her 10-year-old sister is missing the fire.Spokesman Bruce Bouch says the girls' mother and the woman's 7-month-old baby escaped without injury. He says five housing units were affected by the blaze (AP Photo/Cumberland Times-News, Steven Bittner) |
CUMBERLAND, Md.—
Two children died Friday in a house fire in Cumberland, the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office said.Firefighters found the remains of a 7-year-old girl in a second-floor bedroom of the row house on Harrison Street Friday morning, said Bruce Bouch, a spokesman for the s fire marshal’s office.
Her 10-year-old sister was pronounced dead at a local hospital earlier Friday after firefighters rescued her from the house.
The girls’ mother and their 7-month-old brother escaped without injury, Bouch said.
The blaze was reported shortly after 6 a.m. Friday, authorities said.
A Cumberland city firefighter was treated at the scene for non-life-threatening injuries, Bouch said.
Five housing units were affected by the blaze, and the American Red Cross wass helping the families involved, he said.
