UPDATED: Multiple wind driven fires in Baltimore
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An extremely busy Sunday afternoon and early evening in Baltimore with extensive mutual aid from the region that started with a vacant warehouse that was spread by the collapsing building and high winds. After the initial fire with extension to nearby homes a firefighter in the area reported that there were seven dwellings burning at two fires on North ave , four dwellings on Preston Street, a church on North Avenue, two dwellings on East Lanvale Street and three dwellings at two fires on Bond Street. Conditions have improved.
Baltimore City fire crews are on the scene of multiple fires caused by high winds.
The initial three alarm fire started on Kirk Avenue and Curtain Avenue where a vacant warehouse collapsed.
At 2:09 p.m. fire embers spread to dwellings 1501, 1503 and 1505 on North Avenue.
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At 4:15 p.m. another fire was reported on 1620 East Lanvale.
As of 4:40 p.m., no injuries were reported.
Motorists are encouraged to avoid that area of the roadway.
According to Harford County’s fire department — which has four engines and one truck assisting — firefighters from Bel Air, Joppa Magnolia, Fallston and Abingdon fire companies were dispatched to assist with the city’s “multiple, multi-alarm fires.”
A fire ignited in a vacant building and spread to neighboring buildings in east Baltimore Sunday afternoon, officials with the Baltimore City Fire Department said.
The fire started at Kirk and Curtain avenues around 3:42 p.m. Sunday. When firefighters arrived, they found flames fully engulfing the building.
Baltimore City Fire Capt. Roman Clark said the fire was upgraded to three alarms. He said two other buildings have caught fire due to the high winds that spread embers from the original fire.
