A townhome across from Joppatowne’s Magnolia Middle School caught fire after a “novelty-style keychain lighter” exploded early Monday evening, the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s office said in a news release.

The fire marshal’s office noted that the home’s automatic sprinkler system kept the fire damage contained.

Fire crews were dispatched at 6:24 p.m. to Staysail Drive in the Magnolia Landing housing development and spent about five minutes controlling the fire.

“The owner was using a newly purchased novelty-style lighter when it exploded, catching a synthetic couch and other ordinary combustibles on fire,” the news release stated.

No one was injured, but the fire caused about $50,000 in damage to the home and displaced three adults and one child.

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