(AP) PIKESVILLE, Md.

Baltimore County fire officials say a 34-year-old woman was killed in a fire at her apartment early Saturday morning.

Kristen Chencus was found dead inside her first-floor apartment in the Bonnie Ridge complex, just over the Baltimore city line in the Brooklandville neighborhood.

Crews were called to the two-story garden apartment building around 1:15 a.m. The fire went to two alarms and was put out in 36 minutes.


Firefighters evacuated the building while working to contain the blaze, and during a search they found Chencus dead in the bedroom of her apartment, where she lived alone.

The cause of the fire is under investigation. It caused about $400,000 in damage and displaced six to eight people.

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