Hagerstown Apartment Fire Injures Two, Displaces Eight on South Prospect Street

An early morning electrical fire inside a living room ceiling fan damaged a three-story apartment building in Hagerstown and forced multiple residents from their homes.

Hagerstown, MD – Two people were injured and eight residents were displaced after an apartment fire broke out early Thursday morning at a multi-family building on South Prospect Street in Hagerstown, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal.

The fire was reported at about 12:52 a.m. at a three-story apartment building located at 145 S. Prospect Street in Washington County.

Key Points

• Two civilians were injured in a Hagerstown apartment fire early Thursday
• Eight residents displaced from three-story South Prospect Street building
• Investigators say an ele...