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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT
Friday, April 6, 2018 Blair Skinner, PIO
(443) 690-4396 (Cell)
(410) 396-5616 (Office)
blair.adams2@baltimorecity.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY
Cause
of Fatal House Fire in
Sandtown-Winchester Community Released
Friday, April 6, 2018 – (Baltimore, MD) – A fatal house fire on Friday,
January 26, that claimed the lives of two children in the Sandtown-Winchester
community was caused by combustibles too close to a space heater.
Firefighters from the
Baltimore City Fire Department responded to the 1100 block of N. Mount St.,
where they found heavy fire coming from the second floor of a 3-story occupied
dwelling. One adult woman and two children were pulled from the home. The
children, a 1-year-old boy and a 2-year-old girl were in cardiac arrest at the
time. The woman had non-life threatening injuries.
The children were
identified as Kameron Wilson,1, and Jaliyah Wilson, 2. They died a short time
later at the hospital.
So far this year, there
have been six fire fatalities in Baltimore City.
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