2 Teens Injured, 6 Others Displaced In Wikens Area Apartment Fire

BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) -- Two people were injured and two families were displaced after a fire broke out Thursday morning at a Wilkens area apartment complex.

Firefighters were dispatched to the 4300 block of Alan Drive around 6:30 a.m. for a call of several people trapped on the second floor.

Firefighters rescued the trapped people and aggressively fought the blaze, calling it under control by 7 a.m.

Two young women were taken to University of Maryland Medical Center for treatment. One had minor injuries and one with serious, but non-life threatening injuries.

The American Red Cross is helping the six people displaced.

Two cats died in the fire.

Fire investigators determined the fire was accidental and started on a stovetop in one of the upper story apartments.

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