Fatal Severn Fire That Killed 3 Ruled Accidental

SEVERN, Md. (WJZ) — The cause of a fire that killed two residents and an employee at a group home in Severn last month was ruled accidental by the Anne Arundel County Fire Department.
According to the AACOFD Fire and Explosives Investigation Unit, the April 21 fire at Arundel Lodge was caused by an electrical fault in a duplex electrical receptacle in the back bedroom of the home.
“We cannot express enough how devastated we still are. This tragedy weighs heavily on all of us,”