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 woman was found in critical condition amid a house fire Wednesday in Dundalk. Baltimore County fire officials told 11 News that firefighters were called around 11:50 a.m. to the 1800 block of Marshall Road, where there was smoke and flames coming from a single-family home.

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.