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The homeowners were woken up by their smoke detectors and quickly put out the fire using a fire extinguisher, CVFD said.

Crucially, new alarms are more sensitive to furniture foam fires—without also becoming more sensitive to smoke from normal cooking.

“A working smoke alarm is one of the simplest and most effective tools that residents can have to prevent tragedy," Fire Chief Latosha Clemons said.

One person was inside the home at the time of the fire and escaped, sustaining minor smoke inhalation, and was not taken to a hospital.

Maryland investigators are still looking into the cause of a raging fire at a home in Charles County that killed six people​, including four children.