Baltimore City firefighters were called to two active fire scenes Tuesday afternoon.
Around 1:40 p.m., fire crews were called to the 4000 block Liberty Heights Avenue for a reported apartment fire.
Great job by @BaltimoreFire on this fire. No injuries and the fire was extinguished in about 15 minutes. pic.twitter.com/llNtPbTaUr
— Baltimore Fire (@BaltimoreFire) March 1, 2016
When firefighters arrived, there was smoke coming from the basement of the two-story apartment building. Crews put out the fire in about 15 minutes and no one was injured. One family was displaced by the fire.
The cause is under investigation.
A short time later, around 2 p.m., crews responded to a second fire in the 2200 block of Callow Avenue.
Units out on the 2nd working fire of the afternoon 2200 Callow Ave. pic.twitter.com/MwH4RWbcmm
— Baltimore Fire (@BaltimoreFire) March 1, 2016
Working fire 2200 Callow ave pic.twitter.com/iVrG2zbWha
— Tim Rutherford (@TimFromABC2) March 1, 2016
When crews arrived they found a three-story rowhouse with heavy fire and smoke coming from the third floor. Firefighters were able to put out the fire in about 20 minutes.
Again, no one was injured and one family was displaced.
The cause of that fire is also under investigation.
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