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By Colin Campbell and Nayana Davis, The Baltimore Sun | January 24, 2014
A fire that ravaged a home in North Baltimore's upscale Roland Park neighborhood Thursday afternoon has resulted in severe damage that is expected to cost more than $1 million, Baltimore Fire Department officials said. Firefighters battled the raging fire and challenging conditions at a home in the 1000 block of Saint Georges Road. With frigid temperatures at play, the fire was escalated to a third alarm around 5 p.m. Baltimore Fire Department spokesman Ian Brennan said two hydrants on the road froze, but added that crews worked around the issue.
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By Carrie Wells, The Baltimore Sun | December 19, 2013
More than two dozen people have been displaced after a three-alarm fire damaged their Northwest Baltimore apartment complex Thursday morning. No one was injured in the fire, which broke out after 10 a.m. in the 3900 block of Gwynn Oak Ave. in the Howard Park neighborhood. There was heavy smoke and fire at the scene, and spokesman Ian Brennan said firefighters were able to keep the flames contained to one building. At least 27 people were displaced by the fire, which damaged 18 apartments in the building, Brennan said.
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By Carrie Wells, The Baltimore Sun | November 14, 2013
No one was injured but close to two dozen people were displaced from their homes after a three-alarm fire ravaged a Bel Air apartment complex Thursday morning, Harford County fire officials said. It took firefighters about two hours to place the fire under control after it was reported at around 4 a.m. in the 200 block of Crocker Drive. Those whose homes were damaged or destroyed by the fire have been temporarily relocated to The American Legion on Hickory Avenue, Harford County fire officials said.
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By Kevin Rector, The Baltimore Sun | April 24, 2013
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.
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By Kevin Rector, The Baltimore Sun | April 10, 2013
A three-alarm fire heavily damaged two attached homes and lightly damaged a third in Annapolis on Wednesday, displacing three families, according to the Anne Arundel County Fire Department. Firefighters responded to the homes in the 2600 block of Compass Drive about 11:40 a.m. to find heavy fire coming from the rear of one of the homes in the "double duplex" grouping of four homes, said Lt. Jack Beall, a department spokesman. As the fire spread, a total of 64 firefighters from the county, the city of Annapolis and the U.S. Naval Academy responded, bringing the blaze under control at 12:52 p.m., Beall said.
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By Kevin Rector, The Baltimore Sun | January 24, 2013
A three-alarm fire gutted a three-story brick building of offices and apartments in Mount Vernon early Thursday morning, according to the Baltimore Fire Department. No injuries were reported in the blaze, which burned through what were believed to be first-story offices and second- and third-story apartments in the building near the intersection of North Calvert and East Read streets, the fire department said. Firefighters responded to the building about 12:45 a.m. and found heavy flames coming from all three stories of the building, which is at the end of a commercial row, the department said.