ARBUTUS, MD—A 38-year-old man died in a one-alarm Arbutus apartment fire on Wednesday morning, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department.
Urian Bridges was found dead in a second-floor apartment in the 4400-block of Alan Drive.
Firefighters responded to the apartment complex at just after 4:15 a.m. on December 11 for a reported apartment fire, authorities said. The resident called 9-1-1 and said he couldn’t escape the apartment.
Additional rescue crews were dispatched after the resident’s call. When firefighters arrived, they saw fire coming from the second-floor apartment.
Firefighters entered the apartment and found Bridges dead in a hallway.
Investigators determined the fire was accidental and caused by unattended cooking.
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