A 76-year-old man died after an overnight fire Wednesday at a house in Pikesville.

Baltimore County Fire Department crews arrived at the house in the 500 block of Shamrock Lane to find the fire coming from the home.

Firefighters went into the home to search for a resident. Inside, crews found Thomas Poe of Pikesville, suffering from cardiac arrest in a second-floor bedroom.

Firefighters took him out of the house and began resuscitating him. Poe was taken to Northwest Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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A woman escaped the fire without injury.

Baltimore County Police Department fire investigators have ruled the fire accidental by electrical malfunction.