JOPPATOWNE, Md. — A 69-year-old man is dead after a fire in Joppatowne early Christmas morning.
Firefighters got the call to the 200 block of Doncaster Rd. just before 7 a.m. and were able to put out the fire in a little under a half-hour.
The man was found dead in the basement of the home, according to the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
Six other people lived in the home and were displaced by the fire.
The Harford County Sheriff's Office is handling the death investigation, while the Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal is looking into the cause of the fire.
The State Fire Marshal also noted that investigators were unable to find working smoke detectors in the home.
An earlier version of this story stated that the man who died was 68, per the Harford County Sheriff's Office and has been updated with more recent information from the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
