Crime & Safety
Hanover Fire Damages Three-Story Townhouse
A fire official said active smoke alarms and sprinklers mitigated the damage to the home.
More than 70 firefighters were called to a house fire Friday night in Hanover.
Officials responded to the 7800 block of Crystal Brook Way in Anne Arundel County for the report of a three-story townhouse on fire.
Within 30 minutes, the two-alarm blaze was under control, with no injuries of either the homeowners or firefighters, according to Anne Arundel County Fire Department Battalion Chief Matthew Tobia.
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"Two adults escaped because of functioning smoke alarms," Tobia said. "The home was also equipped with residential sprinklers which kept the fire from extending into the home itself."
The $350,000 townhouse was estimated to have sustained $80,000 in damage as a result of the fire, and the cause of the blaze remains under investigation, Tobia said.
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