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Right during the morning rush hour in northeast Baltimore a fire broke out in the Darley Park neighborhood. At 0718 Fire Box T5-40 went out for a reported building fire in the 2200 block of Harford Road. Units arrived to find a 3-story brick vacant warehouse under renovation with heavy fire showing from the second and third floors of the boarded-up structure. Firefighters forced entry into the front but did not enter due to obvious unstable conditions. Most of the exterior walls of the third floor were open studs clad in weathered plywood. On the side and rear walls bricks were missing in several places. Battalion Chief 2 took command and made it a working fire shortly after his arrival.
Apparatus set up ladder pipes along with portable monitors and hand lines on the roof tops of the adjacent buildings for the exterior operations. After the collapse of the roof a second alarm was struck out at 0730. Most of the visible fire was knocked down in about 30 minutes and the fire was placed under control at 0831.
The building was in such bad shape that the Department of Public Works was summoned and tore it down by the days end. There were no reported injuries.
Apparatus set up ladder pipes along with portable monitors and hand lines on the roof tops of the adjacent buildings for the exterior operations. After the collapse of the roof a second alarm was struck out at 0730. Most of the visible fire was knocked down in about 30 minutes and the fire was placed under control at 0831.
The building was in such bad shape that the Department of Public Works was summoned and tore it down by the days end. There were no reported injuries.
© Howard Meile III