Two firefighters were injured yesterday while fighting a fire in a vacant two-story rowhouse in West Baltimore, a Fire Department spokesman said.
The fire was reported about 3:20 a.m. in the 1900 block of Lauretta Ave., near Franklin and Monroe streets, and was quickly extinguished, said Chief Kevin Cartwright, the spokesman.
Cartwright said one firefighter suffered second-degree burns to both legs and was taken to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center; his condition is not considered life-threatening. A second firefighter suffered second-degree burns to his forearm; he was treated at Bayview and released.
The cause of the fire is under investigation, Cartwright said.
