Multiple manhole cover explosions darken Baltimore's skyline, prompting investigation
Multiple manhole cover explosions were reported in Downtown Baltimore in the 300 block of North Charles Street, according to the Baltimore City Fire Department.
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Multiple manhole cover explosions were reported in Downtown Baltimore in the 300 block of North Charles Street, according to the Baltimore City Fire Department.
Firefighters were sent to the 1900 block of Sherwood Avenue to investigate a report of a fire on Thursday night.
Multiple businesses were forced to temporarily close following the fire due to the loss of electricity.
Firefighters were able to get the fire under control in under an hour.
A massive three-alarm fire gutted an apartment building Wednesday morning, displacing 26 residents, in Laurel in Howard County.
The flames damaged multiple homes in the 300 block of Robinson Street.
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Officials have identified three Maryland residents who died and three others who were injured in a house fire in North Carolina's Outer Banks last week.
One person is in critical condition after a 3-alarm fire in southwest Baltimore, according to Baltimore City Fire officials.
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No civilians or firefighters have been injured by the fire.
Police have not said whether any of the fires are suspected of being connected.
It took 35 firefighters half an hour to put out the house fire.
This is the third Baltimore playground that has been on fire within the past three weeks.
Custodial staff were moving items out of a classroom and, at one point, placed electronic equipment on a stove-top burner.
The fire damaged multiple homes in the 9800 block of Decatur Road.
A person was found inside a burning vehicle in North Baltimore, Baltimore Police said.
A portion of I-95 in Northeast Philadelphia collapsed Sunday morning after a large truck fire.
Gov. Josh Shapiro says there's "remarkable devastation." A portion of roadway collapsed after a large vehicle fire under an overpass.
The buildings are more than a hundred years old—originally built in 1920, according to state property records.
Witnesses told Deputy State Fire Marshals that they heard an explosion come from one of the boats and saw fire rapidly spreading to the pier and nearby boats.
The man was burned by the fire's flames and has been taken to the Johns Hopkins Bayview Trauma Center to receive medical treatment for his injuries.
Firefighters battled the flames of a house fire in Southwest Baltimore on Sunday, according to the local firefighters' union.
Firefighters remained on Wilkens Avenue examining several homes that were impacted by a two-alarm fire on Wednesday.
