Arundel Digest

Candle sparks fire that destroys home

PASADENA - A tipped-over candle sparked a blaze that destroyed a Pasadena home last night, county Fire Department officials said.

Firefighters were called to 89 Johnson Road at about 8:30 p.m., said Battalion Chief Matthew Tobia, a county Fire Department spokesman.

When crews arrived, they saw flames coming from the front of the wood-frame, single-family home.

It took 21 firefighters about 30 minutes to get the blaze under control.

A father and son, both adults, escaped the home before firefighters arrived, Tobia said. No injuries were...