UPDATE: A suspect has been arrested and charged with arson in connection with this case.

Original story below…

TOWSON, MD—A 43-year-old man has died after sustaining life-threatening injuries in a two-alarm apartment fire that broke out in Towson overnight.

The Baltimore County Fire Department says fire broke out at an apartment building in the 8400-block of Greenway Road (21286) at just after midnight on August 26, sending flames rushing through the building’s second floor. When firefighters arrived, they found a man on the second floor who they rescued by breaking a window and utilizing a ladder.

He was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, where he later died. A woman and three children who were also injured in the fire were taken to the hospital.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

This article was written with the assistance of AI and reviewed by a human editor.

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