Eight hospitalized, including four children after house fire in Dundalk

BALTIMORE -- Four adults and four children were hospitalized Thursday morning after a house fire in Dundalk, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department. 

Crews responded to the 3400 block of Loganview Drive in Dundalk around 2:19 a.m. on Jan. 2 for a house fire.

At 3:26 a.m., firefighters declared the blaze under control.

Four adults, and four children, were hospitalized for smoke inhalation. Three of the fire victims are in critical condition, and five suffered non-life threatening injuries, according to the fire department. 

The cause of the fire was ruled as an electrical malfunction, BCFD said.