DUNDALK, Md. — Two people are dead, and a third is injured following a house fire in Dundalk Tuesday morning.
Crews were called around 6:20am to the 8500 block of Kavanagh Road.
Arriving firefighters discovered heavy smoke on the first floor of the home.
Baltimore County Fire officials said two people were trapped and died. One has been identified as 66-year-old Beth Susan Gibson. The second victim has been identified as 61-year-old Leslie Ann Baker.
Another resident escaped from the burning home by jumping out a window.
They were taken to a Johns Hopkins Bayview hospital with injuries considered to be non-life threatening.
The fire department initially reported a fourth person unaccounted for, however it was determined they left for work before the fire started.
Two dogs were also found dead as result of the fire. Both surviving victims have been displaced and are being assisted by the Red Cross.
It remains unclear as to how the fire started.
