DUNDALK, Md. — An overnight house fire in Dundalk leaves a woman dead.
Around 2:30am Monday, Baltimore County Fire crews were called to Shortway for reports of a home on fire.
Firefighters discovered 70-year-old Barbara Spokus and her dog dead inside the home.
Crews also pulled a man from the burning home and took him to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Investigators believe the fire was started by improperly discarded smoking materials.
A Dundalk community is devastated with the Loss of there neighbor in an early morning fire .@NewsMcDowell has the tragic details tonight @WMAR2News pic.twitter.com/crGAWLG5TV
— manny locke (@realmannynation) March 18, 2024
