Firefighters to Help Install Smoke Alarms in Coventry III

The Anne Arundel County Fire Department is urging residents to have working smoke alarms in their homes, following a fatal fire on Foxdale Court.

Members of the Anne Arundel County Fire Department will be canvassing the Coventry III community of Crofton on Saturday, assisting residents in checking and installing smoke detectors.  The effort comes after a woman died from injuries sustained in a townhouse fire in the neighborhood on Tuesday.  Fire officials said there were no working smoke detectors in the home.  Patricia Hart died at a Baltimore hospital after being pulled from the second floor of a townhome on Foxdale Court. She was the third person in Anne Arundel County to die in a fire this year.  Firefighters will be on hand in the Crofton neighborhood beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday. They will help residents test their smoke alarms and change batteries. They will also provide …

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Crofton Fire Victim Dies From Injuries

Patricia Hart, 52, was pulled from a burning house on Tuesday. Fire officials said they will canvass the neighborhood this weekend to check for working smoke detectors

A woman who was pulled from a burning home in Crofton earlier this week has died from her injuries.  A fire department spokesman said Patrica Hart, 52, died at a hospital Wednesday, about a day after firefighters rescued her from the second story of a townhouse on Foxdale Court.  Division Chief Keith Swindle of the Anne Arundel County Fire Department said it was the third fire-related fatality in the county this year.  The fire caused about $60,000 in damage to the end-unit townhouse, Swindle said. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.  Swindle said firefighters determined that there were no working smoke detectors in the home. He said firefighters plan to canvass the neighborhood this Saturday to perform smoke detector …

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elaine whitmore

9:46 pm on Friday, May 24, 2013

Terrible news! What caused this sad event in her home. I assumed town homes had hard-wired smoke detectors R.I.P.   more ›

Fire Victim Remains in Critical Condition

There were no working smoke detectors in the Crofton home. Firefighters rescued a 52-year-old from the second story bathroom on Tuesday

A woman who was rescued from a fire in a Crofton townhome on Tuesday remains in critical condition at a Baltimore hospital with severe burns and smoke inhalation, a fire department spokesman said.  The 52-year-old victim was transferred to the burn unit at Johns Hopkins Bayview, after initially being treated at Anne Arundel Medical Center, according to Division Chief Keith Swindle of the Anne Arundel County Fire Department.   Firefighters responded to a fire at the 1800 block of Foxdale Court in Crofton, and rescued the unconcious woman from a second-story bathroom.  Swindle said investigators did not find any working smoke detectors in the home. Investigators said the fire caused about $60,000 in damage. The cause of the fire remains …

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Woman Seriously Hurt in Townhouse Fire

Firefighters rescued a woman from an end-unit townhouse on Foxdale Court in Crofton.

A woman sustained serious burns and smoke inhalation from a fire in Crofton on Tuesday afternoon, a fire department spokesman said.  Firefighters rescued the woman, approximately 50 years of age, from the second floor at an end-unit townhouse at the 1800 block of Foxdale Court, according to Division Chief Keith Swindle of the Anne Arundel County Fire Department. The woman was transported to Anne Arundel Medical Center with serious and life-threatening injuries, Swindle said.  Swindle said they responded to the fire at about 1:40 p.m. It took 23 firefighters to get the blaze under control in about 40 minutes. The cause of the fire is under investigation and there was no immediate estimate on the cost of damage. 

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The Week in Crime in Anne Arundel County

A look at the biggest recent crime stories from around the area

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Check out a selection of mug shots from around the region, and note that an arrest does not indicate a conviction.

Police Seek 'Persons of Interest' in Crime Spree

The county police department said there have been numerous complaints of tires slashed and windows broken in the Crofton and Gambrills area.

Anne Arundel County police have released photos of two people who they say could be tied to a series of reports of destruction of property in the Crofton and Gambrills area.  Police described the two as "persons of interest" in a recent tire slashing. The black-and-white photos show a young male and female walking side-by-side.  Detectives are investigating a string of reports of people throwing landscape rocks through windows, slashing car tires and smashing side windows on cars.  Police said they've received reports of incidents on more than a half-dozen local streets including Waugh Chapel Road, Chapman Road, Shreve Court, Tilghman Drive, Fallsway Drive, Cambridge Drive and Foxdale Court.  Anyone with information on these cases is asked…

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Greater Crofton Council to Discuss School Safety

The group will hear from Rob Yatsuk, the head of safety for county schools, at its May meeting Tuesday.