Overview
- Baltimore Fire units found flames on all three floors of a vacant rowhome at 1300 W. North Avenue and fought the fire from the outside.
- Firefighters began exterior operations on arrival and city officials say there were no injuries to residents or first responders.
- The origin of the blaze remains under investigation and fire officials have not yet released a cause.
- Reporters link this incident to a string of dangerous rowhome fires in the city that recently injured firefighters and led to a fatality in June.
- City leaders announced a 2025 plan to rehab nearly 13,000 vacant homes to cut safety risks and recover lost tax revenue, and data show concentrated vacancy pockets such as Carrollton Ridge remain focal points for that effort.