A family of seven was displaced and an Anne Arundel County firefighter was injured by a fire in Maryland City on Saturday afternoon, county fire officials said.
The call came at 1:48 p.m. reporting a fire at 409 Old Line Avenue and children trapped in the one-story, single-family home, officials said.
Firefighters arrived to find smoke showing from the house. They quickly extinguished a fire in the basement and searched for trapped occupants. None were found.
The occupants of the home were not home at the time and, when they returned, they confirmed all family members were accounted for, according to officials.
It took 33 firefighters 15 minutes to knock down the one-alarm blaze. Firefighters from Prince George’s County and Fort George G. Meade aided in the response.