Crime & Safety
House Where 2 Died Didn't Have Smoke Detectors
Two dogs and two cats also died in the Essex fire that claimed the lives of two women on Monday night, fire officials said.
The home where two Essex women died in a fire on Monday night did not have smoke detectors, according to a news release from the Baltimore County Fire Department.
This contradicts a previous
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Baltimore County Fire Department spokesman Elise Armacost confirmed in a release Tuesday that the victims of the blaze were Carolyn Lee Himmelheber, 63, and Stacy Lynn Himmelheber, 40.
Armacost added that two dogs and two cats also died in the fire, which caused $25,000 in damages. Fire officials also report that the cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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Due to incorrect information provided by the Baltimore County Fire Department, a previous story reported that there were battery-operated smoke detectors in the house that did not activate at the time of the fire.
Patch regrets the error.
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