A stubborn fire in a warehouse in Baltimore had the first to respond that they went back to an external attack on the flames while interrupted an important passenger rail line along the middle Atlantic coast.
The fire in West Baltimore was reported shortly before 7 pm, and quickly intensified in 4 alarm alarm alarm, said the Baltimore Fire Department in a series of statements on social networks. Around 1 in the morning, there were seven alarms.
“Fire teams continue to contain the fire,” the Fire Department said early Tuesday. Around 30 people were evacuated from the area, he said.
More than 200 firefighters were assigned to the fire, said Fire Chief James W. Wallace to journalists on Monday night.
The department characterized the location as an empty mattress warehouse with multiple stories.
No injuries have been reported.
The number of alarms correlates with a greater number of firefighters sent to a fire. In all 2021, the city said in a report on fire resources, the department responded to one by third, fourth and fifth alarm. No alarm or greater fires were reported.
Wallace said that the Fire Department was told that the building has two underground floors full of mattresses, which may be providing fuel. Three floors are above the ground, he said.
“What we are trying now is a deeply rooted underground fire,” said the boss during an impromptu press conference near the fire. “What we are trying to do is cut it.”
Baltimore’s NBC Wbal affiliate reported that the shooting was helped by water in location trucks.
The fire of the fire broadcast at the station showed a red brick building with windows that offered interior views of a brilliant cauldron of orange -dyed flames.
Firefighters took defensive positions on the roofs of the nearby attached houses, showed the coverage of the station.
“It’s such a smoked fire,” Wallace said at the beginning of the night, during Wbal’s coverage. “We are trying to address this in the right way, obviously safely.”
The warehouse is adjacent to an important passenger rail corridor between Baltimore and Washington, DC, and Amtrak said the trains along the line will stop until the conditions improve.
Baltimore’s Department of Firefighters said he was working to restore Amtrak service at 2:30 am
The fire was in the Midtown-Edmondson neighborhood of 130 years on the west side of the city. The Fire Department requested that people avoid the area near Edmondson Avenue and Bantoou Street.
The Red Cross said Monday night that it was helping people in 15 homes that have been evacuated due to the fire, and that it would work with the city to provide help in the days and weeks below.
This is a development story. Consult the updates again.
Elizabeth Maline, Joe Kottke and Phil Helsel contributed.
