Overview
- Fire crews found multiple tire-filled trailers, a trailer and an RV burning at Pulaski Highway Car and Truck Tire Service in Rosedale during a two-alarm response.
- Heavy black smoke forced closure of Pulaski Highway from Chesaco Avenue to 66th Street and shut Philadelphia Route at Hamilton Avenue while firefighters battled the blaze.
- Authorities say preliminary accounts link the fire to a crash between two tractor-trailers that ignited nearby brush, but the official cause remains under investigation.
- One Baltimore County firefighter was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening, heat-related injuries as crews rotated personnel because of extreme heat from burning tires.
- The shop is a long-running family business and owners were on scene; investigators and the fire marshal will assess damage, environmental impacts and what started the blaze.