MAN, 43, DIES IN TOWSON APARTMENT FIRE

Update, August 30:

Monday's two-alarm blaze at a Towson apartment complex has been ruled an arson by Baltimore County fire investigators. 43-year-old Dana Delmar Hunt of Baltimore was arrested by Baltimore County Police and faces charges of murder and arson in connection with the August 26th fire at 8420 Greenway Road, Towson. 

The victim is Rene Trejo of the 8400 block of Greenway Road, 21286. He was 43 years old.

Original release:

A 43-year-old man died Monday morning in a two-alarm Towson apartment fire. 

Fire crews responded to the 8400 block of Greenway Road at 12:03 a.m. for a report of a apartment building on fire. Units arrived minutes later and found fire coming from the second floor of the apartment building. Crews immediately began search and recue efforts and located an adult male on the second floor. He was rescued and removed through a window and down a ladder. EMS crews began care and transported him with life-threatening injuries to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.

A 43-year-old woman and 3 children were also injured in the fire and transported to an area hospital. The two-alarm fire was placed under control at 12:58 a.m.

BCoPD fire investigators are investigating the cause of the fire.