Fatal Residential Structure Fire: Pasadena, MD
Date: Saturday, October 14, 2023
Time: 3:04 pm
Location/Address: 905 220th Street, Pasadena, MD 21122
Type of Incident: Fatal Residential Structure Fire
Description of Structure/Property: 2-store duplex residential home.
Injuries or Deaths: One fire fatality- The homeowner, Kathleen Lewis, 64 years of age, D.O.B. 5/23/1959. Additionally, 1 adult male was taken to Bayview for smoke inhalation.
Estimated Dollar Loss: $175,000
Smoke Alarm Status: Present but did not activate.
Assisting Fire Departments: Annapolis City Fire/Arson and Explosives Unit.
Other Agencies: Anne Arundel County Crisis Response, Anne Arundel County Police Department, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, American Red Cross
Number of Alarms: Working Fire Dispatch, 1 Alarm
Number of Responding Firefighters: 60
Time to Control: 15 minutes
Discovered By: Resident
Area of Origin: Undetermined
Preliminary Cause: Under Investigation by Anne Arundel County Fire Investigation Unit.
Firefighters responded to a 911 call from a resident inside the home who reported his home was on fire and that there was one adult occupant trapped.
First arriving firefighters arrived on location to find a 2-story duplex well involved in fire. After an extensive search of the dwelling, one victim, Kathleen Lewis, was located inside the residence. Kathleen Lewis was pronounced deceased on the scene by fire/medical crews. Kathleen Lewis was 64yo and owned the home that caught fire on Saturday morning. Additionally, the sole other occupant who called 911 was transported to Bayview Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The cause and origin of the fire are under investigation by Anne Arundel County Fire Investigators.
Two adults and two teenagers were displaced in the adjoining duplex and are being assisted by the American Red Cross.
This is the fifth fire fatality in the county this year. The following is a list of the other four fatalities in the County since January of 2023:
- May 3, 2023 - John S. Billing, 54, died from injuries sustained during a fire at his home. The home did have working smoke alarms.
- May 5, 2023 - Anthony Slough, 59, died from injuries sustained during a fire at a home he was living in. The home did not have smoke detectors.
- June 5, 2023- Mark A. Harvey, 50, died from injuries sustained due to the fire he intentionally set during a police-related incident.
- Saturday, June 10, 2023 - Marianne Forrest, 64, died from injuries sustained during a fire at her home.