Firefighters battle two-alarm building fire in downtown Baltimore

Firefighters worked to contain a two-alarm fire in downtown Baltimore on Tuesday.

Crews responded to the 300 block of S. Mount Street, where smoke was billowing from a group of rowhomes, according to Baltimore Fire spokesperson John Marsh.

The Baltimore Fire Department said fire was blazing from two vacant rowhomes, and four rowhomes were involved.

There were no reports of injuries, fire officials said.

The cause of the fire is unknown.

Children accused of setting fire to school playground

This past weekend, a 12-year-old and a 13-year-old were arrested for "deliberately setting a fire" to a school playground in Baltimore, according to a Baltimore City schools spokesperson.

The fire destroyed the playground at Maree G. Farring Elementary/Middle School in the 300 block of Pontiac Avenue in the Brooklyn neighborhood.

Partial collapse in downtown Baltimore

Earlier this month, dangerous conditions and concerns about the collapse of a vacant building in downtown Baltimore prompted a response from city fire crews.

Firefighters arrived to find that the building in danger of further collapse, according to Baltimore City Fire spokesperson John Marsh.

The building is located between another vacant building and an occupied building that was evacuated, officials said.