Maryland Firefighters Rescue Two People in Basement Fire

Forty firefighters are on Marquis Drive in Fort Washington. A man and a woman discovered trapped in the basement of a home. Both had to be rescued. One is in critical condition the other in serious but stable. Cause of the house fire still unknown. Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. (John Gonzalez/ABC7)

Man and woman saved in Prince George’s County fire

WJLA, with permission

FORT WASHINGTON, Md. (WJLA) – Firefighters have removed a man and a woman trapped in the basement of a home during a fire Friday morning in Fort Washington, Maryland.

Officials say both individuals are being treated by medics and were transported to an area hospital. ABC7’s John Gonzalez reports that one person is in critical condition and the other is in serious but stable condition. Firefighters extinguished the fire in the basement.

10 hours after #PGFD rescued 2 trapped occupants from a Fort Washington house fire with both suffering from smoke inhalation and respiratory arrest, the couple returned home and met some of the responding firefighters. They were seconds away from a much different outcome. pic.twitter.com/egxGrWIAQ8

— Mark Brady (@PIOMarkBrady) November 15, 2019

The fire occurred at a single-family home in the 3000 block of Marquis Drive.

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Maryland Firefighters Rescue Two People in Basement Fire

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