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No one was injured Monday afternoon as firefighters battled a blaze at a Fallston home, officials said. Dave Williams of the Harford County Volunteer Fire and EMS Association said the fire was reported at about 3:25 p.m. on Franklins Chance Court. The occupant of the house was home but was able to self-evacuate, he said. Text BUSINESS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun Business text alerts

A Baltimore City police officer was taken to a local hospital for smoke inhalation after he attempted to alert residents about a two-alarm fire in the Bolton Hill neighborhood Saturday afternoon. Fire department spokesman Capt. Roman Clark said the officer suffered minor injuries. He was treated at the scene and transported to the hospital as a precautionary measure. The blaze in the 1800 block of Eutaw Place began around 2:30 p.m. and was placed under control about two hours later, he said.

An early morning two-alarm fire at a senior citizens' complex in Dundalk damaged several apartments Wednesday and sent hundreds of residents fleeing from the building, according to Baltimore County Fire Department officials. The blaze started about 6 a.m. in an apartment on the eighth floor of the Center Place Apartments, in the 100 block of Center Place, a spokesman for the Fire Department said. A preliminary investigation found that the fire began in a trash can, likely by a lit cigarette, fire officials said.

A two-alarm fire in Remington Wednesday night did not damage any of the artwork in the Open Space gallery, tenant Max Guy said on Thursday afternoon. Organizers, with community help, were moving the artwork into storage Thursday. Guy is the curator of "Solitary Stones on a Rocky Shore," which was scheduled to debut at Open Space on Friday. The Open Space website describes "Solitary Stones" as "large-scale graphite drawings and monumental concrete sculpture by Miranda Pfeiffer and Ledelle Moe. " Guy says the exhibition has been postponed until further notice.

Baltimore county fire officials are investigating a fire reported Thursday morning at a playground in Parkville. Fire units responded to a call for a fire in the 3000 block of Balder Ave. about 6:30 a.m. No further details were available.

A fire broke out on a third-story balcony of an apartment building on Sunday morning, Baltimore City fire officials said. Firefighters were dispatched at 10:03 a.m., to a working fire on a rear exterior balcony at 1010 W. Baltimore St., which is listed online as the Hollins House. The fire was cleared at 11:13 a.m. There were no known injuries, and no one was evacuated during the incident. The cause of the fire is under investigation, fire officials said. Text NEWS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun local news text alerts

A Baltimore City firefighter was injured while fighting a fire in a vacant two-story home in East Baltimore late Sunday night after falling through the floor of one of the home's stories, according to a fire department spokesman. Fire crews were first called to the blaze in the 1300 block of North Washington Street about 11:20 p.m., said Chief Kevin Cartwright, the spokesman. As firefighters began knocking down the flames, one firefighter fell through the flooring of one of the stories, Cartwright said.

A volunteer firefighter suffered minor injuries in a two-alarm blaze Wednesday night in Rodgers Forge, Baltimore County fire officials said. Firefighters responded to an apartment fire in the 6800 block of Blenheim Road about 11 p.m. A firefighter from Providence Volunteer Fire Department was injured during the blaze and was transported to an area hospital with undisclosed injuries, a spokeswoman for the county fire department said....

One firefighter sustained minor injuries battling an early morning blaze Friday in East Baltimore, according to Baltimore Fire Department officials. The fire started at about 6 a.m. in a vacant two-story brick row house in the 2700 block of Chase St. The fire spread to a home next door, and all residents had to be evacuated, fire officials said. Firefighters brought the blaze under control in less than an hour. The vacant home suffered damage throughout, and the roof of the house next door was compromised.

Baltimore County fire officials battled an early-morning boat blaze that spread to the dock of the Essex Marina on Sunday, a department spokesman said. Officials responded to the marina after receiving a call around 3:37 a.m. from neighboring residents who reported an "explosion" and a "loud pop" at the marina, the spokesman said. When officials arrived, the boat was fully engulfed in flames and the dock was also on fire, according to the spokesman, who said officials used foam to extinguish the blaze.

A firefighter sustained a minor knee injury in a two-alarm blaze at a home in Southeast Baltimore early Thursday morning, according to the Baltimore Fire Department. Firefighters responded to the 3700 block of East Pratt Street — near the border of the city's Highlandtown and Baltimore Highlands neighborhoods — about 12:20 a.m. and began fighting the fire, which had extended to an adjacent vacant home and another occupied home, said Captain Roman Clark, a department spokesman.

One man is dead and a volunteer firefighter was in critical condition after a three-alarm fire tore through a home in Reisterstown early Wednesday morning, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department. Steven Starr, 58, of the first block of Hanover Road, was found in an upstairs hallway of the home, which has multiple apartments, during an intense search-and-rescue effort, said Capt. Rich Schenning, a department spokesman. Starr, whose son described him as a big Baltimore sports fan who could often be found on the home's porch with a cup of coffee, was found in cardiac arrest and transported to Northwest Hospital Center, where he was pronounced dead, Schenning said.

Fire crews from Howard, Anne Arundel and Prince George's counties battled a house and brush fire on Sunday in Laurel. According to the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services, on Sunday at about 9:30 p.m., firefighters from the Savage station were alerted to a brush fire in the 9000 block of Whiskey Bottom Road in Laurel. Units arrived to find an abandon house engulfed in fire, as well as several brush fires. Additional units from the three counties were called for assistance.

An early morning blaze destroyed eight apartments in the Hickory Hills condominium complex in Bel Air Friday morning, displacing 20 residents of the building, according to fire investigators. Damage to the building and its contents is estimated at $1.5 million, the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office said. The fire in the three-story, 18-unit apartment type building was reported around 2:45 a.m. in the 100 block of Seevue Court, with fire coming from all three floors, according to Rich Gardiner, spokesman for the Harford County Volunteer Fire & EMS Association who was on the scene.

The Western School of Technology and Environmental Science in Catonsville is scheduled to reopen Friday after an early-morning fire Thursday damaged two portable classrooms and the roof of the high school's main building, school officials said. Staff worked Thursday to prepare the building for reopening and ensure that it would be safe for students, school system spokesman Mychael Dickerson said. Firefighters responded to the school in the 100 block of Kenwood Avenue about 2:34 a.m. Thursday for reports of a possible fire and found one portable classroom engulfed in flames, with the fire spreading to a second portable classroom, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department.

Howard County firefighters battled two Sunday night blazes in Ellicott City, including one that required assistance from Baltimore County fire officials to get under control, Howard County fire officials said. Around 10 p.m., firefighter responded to a report of fire coming from the roof of a two-story, single-family home on the 3000 block of Mullineaux Lane. Fire officials said that three residents were in the home; two evacuated when alerted by smoke detectors and another evacuated after firefighters entered the home, officials said.

Baltimore City firefighters extinguished a house fire in the 600 block of Charraway Road in Southwest Baltimore Sunday evening. A fire department spokesman said the blaze broke through the rear of the middle of group rowhome about 6 p.m. No injuries were reported. jacques.kelly@baltsun.com Text NEWS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun local news text alerts

An unidentified person firefighters rescued from a fire in South Baltimore was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center with burns and possible smoke inhalation Friday night, according to Kevin Cartwright, a spokesman for the Baltimore City Fire Department. Ten units responded to a one-alarm call to the 1900 block of Breitwert Ave. near Carroll Park about 8:30 p.m. and took about 20 minutes to extinguish the blaze, Cartwright said. Firefighters found no other people inside the two-story structure.

Firefighters from several local companies were called to fight a fire in a Fallston barn on Friday afternoon. The fire destroyed most of the 40-by-25 foot barn and a smaller chicken coop, killing 20 chickens and 14 hens, according to the notice of investigation from the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office. Damage was estimated at $60,000 to the structure and $20,000 to the contents, according to fire investigators. The call for a working building fire in the 800 block of Reckord Road was broadcast by Harford County's emergency dispatch shortly after 2 p.m. Several pieces of firefighting equipment and medical support were requested from the Fallston, Bel Air, Kingsville, Jarrettsville and Long Green volunteer fire companies in Harford and Baltimore counties, according to monitored broadcasts.

An early-morning fire on Saturday destroyed a maintenance building on the property of St. Joseph Church in Fullerton, according to church and county fire officials. But church officials said the parish's celebration of Easter services on Sunday would not be affected by the incident. Church officials, in a statement on the church website, said the blaze was the result of arson, though county fire officials have not given an official cause. Emergency units were dispatched at 3:25 a.m. and arrived at the church in the 8400 block of Bel Air Road about 3:30 a.m. to find the building in flames, said Lt. Julia Dillard, a county fire spokeswoman.