Updated with fireground audio & video: Six people dead in early morning fire in East Baltimore. Two-alarms sounded in the 2300 block of Homewood Avenue.
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Just before 5:00 this morning Baltimore City firefighters were dispatched to the 2300 block of Homewood Avenue where they found fire, fueled by high winds in two, two-story homes and spreading to a third. From WBAL-TV:
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Once the fire had been suppressed, firefighters re-entered the dwelling and found the victims. Their names and ages haven’t been released.Firefighters gained entry to perform a rapid attack on the fire, but the conditions began to deteriorate due to wind. The incident commander ordered an evacuation of all firefighters.
Once firefighters were able to put the 2-alarm fire out, they reentered the buildings and that’s when they found five people dead inside one of the homes. An additional fatality has now been reported.
Fire investigators and police arson detectives are on the scene to try and determine what caused the deadly fire.
Tuesday morning’s fire happened just a few blocks from one of the deadliest house fires in Baltimore City history. Six people, including three children, where killed in an early morning fire on Cecil Avenue in May of 2007.
