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Woman killed in Beltsville house fire, Prince George's County firefighters say

Authorities say 10 people were living in the home at the time.

BELTSVILLE, Md. — Prince George's County firefighters said an adult woman is dead and an 18-year-old woman was taken to the hospital with life-threatning injuries after a house fire on New Year's Day.

The decedent has been identified as 42-year-old Mirna Reinoza of Beltsville, according to the Prince George's County Fire Department.

"Preliminarily, the investigation revealed Reinoza had exited the home during the fire and then re-entered. Moments later, the 8-year-old girl exited the home, but Reinoza did not," said PGFD in its statement.

The 8-year-old also had serious but non-life threatning injuries.

Fire crews were called to a single-family home in the 11300 block of Montgomery Road just after noon, according to a tweet from the fire department. 

When crews arrived they found fire coming from the rear of the home. 

A fire alarm alerted additional occupants who resided upstairs to safely evacuate the home.

Crews were able to extinguish the fire and were working Friday to put out hot spots and search the home.

Credit: WUSA

Prince George's County Fire Department Public Information Officer Jennifer Donelan told WUSA9 10 people were living in the home at the time of the fire. We are working to confirm information about any additional injuries.

One PGFD firefighter was injured outside of the house but did not require transport.

A joint Prince George's County Fire/EMS Office of the Fire Marshal and Prince George's County Police Department Homicide Unit investigation is currently underway. 

Detectives do not suspect foul play at this time 

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