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Woman Killed, Shed Destroyed In Backyard MD Fire Woman Killed, Shed Destroyed In Backyard MD Fire
Woman Killed, Shed Destroyed In Backyard MD Fire A fatal fire is under investigation in Washington County after an elderly woman was killed on Thursday afternoon in Smithsburg. Shortly before 4 p.m. on Friday, June 22, first responders were called to the 22600 block of Cavetown Church Road when neighbors spotted a shed up in flames in the backyard of an area home.  An off-duty firefighter and members of the Smithsburg Police Department arrived at the scene and found an unconscious 70-year-old woman who was suffering from severe burns in the yard not far from the engulfed shed. First responders pulled her away from the flames and att…

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by Zak Failla