Fire Reported at Edgemere Senior Apartments

A senior apartment was reported in Edgemere on Wednesday morning, Sept. 15.

Baltimore County fire crews were on the scene with a fire on the 4th floor of a senior living apartment near St. Luke’s church in the 2800 block of Lodge Farm Road around 10:30 a.m.

Fire was reported on 4th floor in a kitchen area.

Fire sprinklers have controlled the fire.

There are reports of multiple occupants with injuries as one victim went into cardiac arrest.

Crews later reported that the fire was started when a resident had been smoking on the sofa while using oxygen.