JANUARY

THEN: A mid-morning fire on Jan. 18 kills Jerome Shropshire, his wife, Annette, and three of their grandchildren at a two-story Abingdon home. After putting out one of deadliest fires in Harford County history, firefighters make a chilling discovery: The only smoke detector found in the house lay unopened, in its package.

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