4 children, 2 adults killed when fire rips through house in Maryland

WALDORF Md AP A fire ripped through a house in Charles County Maryland on Sunday killing four children and two adults government revealed One person managed to escape the blaze communicated around a m at the home in Waldorf about miles kilometers south of Baltimore WTOP-TV announced It took about firefighters more than an hour to control the flames One firefighter was hospitalized and another first responder was treated at the scene for unspecified injuries The cause of the fire was under analysis Master Deputy State Fire Marshal Oliver Alkire commented the blaze originated on the right side of the home within an enclosed porch The ages and names of the casualties were not published as of Sunday evening Alkire reported authorities didn t right now know if the residence had working smoke alarms