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Two Baltimore County Fires Leave Infant Critically Hurt and Force High-Rise Evacuation

Officials are moving displaced residents to warm shelters.

Overview

  • Fire crews found and rescued an infant from a two-alarm row-home fire on Foxcroft Lane in Essex, and the child was hospitalized in critical condition.
  • Three other people from the Essex home self-evacuated and were taken to a hospital, with officials saying the fire was brought under control after spreading to a second row house.
  • At a nine-story senior high-rise at 101 Center Place in Dundalk, firefighters contained a separate two-alarm blaze to one apartment, but heavy smoke and sprinkler activation caused extensive damage.
  • The building was cleared of residents, authorities expect significant displacement affecting roughly a quarter of occupants, and responders are coordinating with Anne Arundel County, the MTA and the Red Cross for sheltering.
  • Officials said both fires were contained, and residents from the Dundalk building were treated for smoke inhalation; separately, a white sedan struck fire equipment at the Essex scene, damaging two trucks without reported injuries.