Man sues after fire kills fiancée, son

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A Baltimore man who lost his pregnant fiancée and his 9-year-old son in a fatal fire in July plans to file a $52.3 million lawsuit against his apartment company, accusing them of failing to install working smoke detectors.

“City firefighters have described this horrific tragedy as preventable, if only there had been working smoke detectors in the apartment where these individuals lived,” attorney David Ellin wrote in a statement.

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