Two Baltimore firefighters and one resident were injured early Wednesday during an apartment fire in the 2800 block of Reistertown Road, according to a department spokesman.
The fire was reported around 1:15 a.m. and was under control shortly before 2:00 a.m. Several people were rescued from the building.
According to Chief Kevin Cartwright, a fire department spokesman, one firefighter suffered a non-life-threatening injury to his knee and a second firefighter was treated for a first-degree burn to his hand. A resident of the apartment building was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center to be treated for smoke inhalation.
The cause of the fire is under investigation, officials said Wednesday.
