68-Year-Old Man Dies In Lansdowne Kitchen Fire, 5th Fire Fatality In 2019

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 68-year-old man died of injuries from a kitchen fire in a Lansdowne apartment building, police said.

William Melvin Riggins, of the 2900 block of Lakebrook Circle, died on May 11, a day after a small accidental grease fire.

The victim was taken to St. Agnes Hospital with minor smoke inhalation on May 10, and then later transferred to a local hospice facility for treatment of complications from the smoke inhalation and a preexisting illness.

He died at the facility.

Riggins is the fifth fire fatality in Baltimore County so far this year.

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