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Edgewood Family Injured In Townhouse Fire; Mother and Children Jumped to Escape

March 6, 2015 By Dagger News Service 10 Comments

From the Harford County Sheriff’s Office:

[March 6, 2015, Edgewood, MD] On Friday, March 6, 2015, at 2:48 a.m. Deputies from the Harford County Sheriff’s Office, Troopers from the Maryland State Police, Bel Air Barracks, and the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company were dispatched to the 1800 block of Eloise Lane for a fire and were alerted by dispatch that people were possibly trapped inside the home. Harford County Sheriff’s Deputies were in the area and were first to quickly arrive on scene.

Upon arrival, the Deputies found a woman and three of her children on the front lawn of the residence. A neighbor helped the mother and children safely jump from the upper level of the home. The mother alerted deputies that another child was possibly trapped inside. Deputies attempted to gain entry into the home, but the heavy smoke and fire pushed them back. After hearing screams, Harford County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Timothy Rumbaugh, Deputy John Deasel, Jr, and two Troopers, TFC Francis Shanks and TFC Micah Spessato, responded to the rear of the residence and located a child that had been pushed to an upper floor window by thick, black smoke. The Deputies and Troopers encouraged the child to jump from the window. The child jumped, and Deputy Deasel was able to safely catch him.

Units from the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company arrived on scene by 2:55 a.m., took over first aid of the residents from the Deputies and started their attack of the fire. A second alarm was requested shortly thereafter. They had the fire under control in 40 minutes. A total of 73 fire service personnel and 27 pieces of equipment from several local fire companies responded to the fire.

There were no working smoke alarms found inside the home. The Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company would like to remind residents of the importance of working smoke alarms. Smoke alarms save lives. This weekend as we “spring forward,” make sure when you change the time on your clock you also change the batteries in your smoke alarms and ensure they are in working order.

The woman and children, ages 12, 10, 8 and 4, were transported to the hospital with minor injuries and are expected to be released by the end of the day. A Harford County Sheriff’s Office Deputy received a minor hand injury during the rescue, but did not require medical treatment. A member of the Volunteer Fire Service suffered an ankle injury and was transported to a local hospital.

The Office of the State Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of the fire.

From the Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal:

Deputy State Fire Marshal’s are investigating the cause of a fire that forced a family of five to jump out of windows to escape.

Thirty-four year-old Anna Stansfield and her four children were encouraged to jump out of the front window of the dwelling by a neighbor who assisted in catching three of her children. The fourth child, Alex Stansfield jumped out of a rear facing window to escape. All four children ages 4 – 12 were transported to Johns Hopkins Pediatric Center for non-life threatening injuries and have since been released. Anna Stansfield was transported to Johns Hopkins Bayview for treatment of mild smoke inhalation injuries and injuries received from jumping out of the window. She is expected to be released today.

The 2:44 a.m. two alarm fire at 1844 Eloise Lane in Edgewood was brought under control within 40 minutes by nearly 70 firefighters from Joppa-Magnolia, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Abingdon, Bel Air, Aberdeen, Fallston, White Marsh and Kingsville fire departments. The Harford County Hazardous Materials Team assisted with rehab efforts of the fire service members. Maryland State Police and the Harford County Sheriff’s Office and the Harford County EMS Foundation assisted with patient care at the scene. One firefighter received a minor ankle injury on ice and was treated and released from Upper Chesapeake Medical Center.

Investigators determined the fire originated in the basement laundry room and quickly gained access to upper floors through utility chases in the center of the townhouse. The cause for the fire remains under investigation at this time. Damage estimates to the structure and contents are $150,000. No working smoke alarms were located during the on-scene investigation.

The town homes in this development were constructed in 1976, which is long before the installation requirements of life saving residential fire sprinklers that occurred throughout the State in 1992.

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  1. RTFU says

    March 6, 2015 at 4:11 pm

    Glad everyone made it out okay!

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  2. Prowd23 says

    March 7, 2015 at 7:28 am

    Kudos to the police and fire teams. Great Job! True Heroes.

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  3. A Realist says

    March 7, 2015 at 7:48 am

    Another laundry room fire? Thankfully everyone made it out safe,thing’s could have been a lot worse.

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  4. Tim S says

    March 7, 2015 at 2:25 pm

    Great job to all that responded. I must say that the shortage of volunteers is become more and more apparent in this county. The incident commander asked for additional equipment and had trouble getting it so he asked for a second alarm. I think it’s time this county begins to supplement the all volunteer service with some paid crews and I say this As a volunteer who cares about the fire protection in this county. If a second fire was reported in the southern end of the county the closest units would have been 1 engine from Havre Degrace and 1 from Baltimore County Middle River. That is not adequate fire protection either. I’m sure that I will receive negative responses to this post but I really don’t care. If we can do better why not try?

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  5. KottaMann says

    March 7, 2015 at 4:11 pm

    Glad all escaped the fire. Kudo’s to the Deputy who caught the child coming out the rear second floor window. One has to ask: Is is REALLY too much for people to understand that WORKING smoke detectors save lives? What are people thinking by either not having any in the home OR letting several dollars worth of batteries go dead? People have, for the most part, heard the pleas from fire departments over decades about this. You can lead the horse to water but cannot make it drink….

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    • PumperTruck says

      March 9, 2015 at 3:39 pm

      So, in my day – probably way back before budget cuts and when politics really didn’t play a role in emergency response – the Fire Department, once per year, went door to door throughout the poorer neighborhoods and did free inspection / replacements of smoke detection devices.

      Are we too short of budget to get that rolling again?

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  6. Pamela says

    March 7, 2015 at 7:42 pm

    Yes, please equip your home with working smoke detectors. There are even detectors that come with 10-year batteries.

    I’m glad that everyone escaped without serious injuries.

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    • ladder 49 says

      March 7, 2015 at 8:56 pm

      A some detector should be tested and make sure it works. Pushing the battery button only tests that the battery works. Studies have shown that even smoke detectors with juice may not properly work. The only true way to test a smoke detector is with smoke!!! Why do people assume that all is needed is a battery??

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  7. Alt says

    March 8, 2015 at 10:37 pm

    What this article did not mention, that was shown on TV, was that the 3 who jumped from the front of the house were coaxed out and caught by Max Taylor. I’ve known Max for a number of years, and he is one of the most helpful and giving people you would ever want to meet

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    • PumperTruck says

      March 9, 2015 at 3:45 pm

      Then it seems to me that Max Taylor needs to be HIGHLY recognized by the county! Hell, they gave Charles Ramsey free McDonald’s for a year along with $2,000 in gift cards!

      Way to go Max, good to know that there are good people out there still.

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