One dead, two hospitalized in Columbia town house fire Wednesday night
A person died Wednesday night in a house fire in the village of Hickory Ridge in West Columbia.
Firefighters responded around 7:30 p.m. to a town house in the 11500 block of Shell Flower Lane, off Little Patuxent Parkway, where flames were visible from the second floor, the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services said.
Firefighters found the victim inside the house while two other people were taken to a hospital, the department said.
Crews brought the fire under control in about 20 minutes, and the cause is under investigation by the Office of the State Fire Marshal and Howard County Police Department.