Investigators ruled the fire accidental, “caused by the failure of an electrical extension cord,” the statement said. The department previously described “hoarding conditions” inside the home, which did not have functional smoke detectors, according to Thursday’s release.

A 74-year-old woman died Wednesday in a Dundalk house fire, Baltimore County Fire Department said in a news release.

A woman is dead after a home in Bay Shore, New York went up in flames overnight, officials on Long Island say.

A woman is in critical condition after a house fire in Dundalk on Wednesday, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department. County firefighters were called to the 1800 block of Marshall Road just before noon and encountered “heavy fire and hoarding conditions” from a single-family home, the department said.

A fast-moving blaze left a woman dead and her Long Island home destroyed Thursday morning, officials said. Three residents were inside when the fire broke out in the two-story house near North Windsor Drive and Ontario Drive around 1:30 a.