A 74-year-old woman died Wednesday in a Dundalk house fire, the Baltimore County Fire Department said in a news release.

Officials said Thursday an electrical extension cord failure caused the fire that killed Janet Pereira.

She was found dead on the first floor of the home, according to the news release.

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Firefighters responded to a report of a house fire at 11:50 a.m. Wednesday in the 1800 block of Marshall Road.

Crews got the one-alarm fire under control in less than an hour, Fire Department officials said on social media.