Corriganville woman dead after three-alarm fire tears through home with no smoke alarms

Corriganville, MD – A 69-year-old woman was killed Friday morning in a devastating three-alarm house fire in Corriganville, as investigators work to determine the cause of the blaze that engulfed a two-story residence and left no functioning smoke alarms behind.

The fire broke out just before noon at 11609 Proenty Road NW. A 911 call reported a house fire with possible entrapment, prompting a rapid response from the Corriganville Volunteer Fire Company and multiple surrounding departments. Firefighters arrived within minutes to find flames consuming much of the structure.

Dozens of personnel battled the intense blaze for nearly an hour before bringing it under control. After the flames were extinguis

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