Townhouse Fire Displaces Four In Columbia

COLUMBIA, MD — Four adults escaped from a fire Monday that damaged a pair of Columbia townhouses, but no injuries were reported, according to the Howard County fire department.

Firefighters responded at about 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, to reports of the blaze in the 6100 block of Majors Lane, where they spotted flames coming from the second floor of a townhouse, the fire department said. The fire extended to a neighboring townhouse.

The four residents of the townhouse where the fire began had safely evacuated the home before firefighters arrived, the fire department said.

The fire took 15 minutes to control and was completely extinguished soon afterward. Two residents were evaluated by paramedics but declined to be taken to a local hospital.

The American Red Cross is assisting the four displaced adults. The county fire marshal is investigating the fire.