Initial attack: Early video from 3-alarm fire in Baltimore a-week-ago. Chopper arrives before firefighters.

Click here to watch WBAL-TV helicopter video

A week ago today we brought you pictures and video from a 3-alarm fire, Box 46-9, 3608 W. Belvedere in Northwest Baltimore. What hadn’t been posted then, and I failed to go back and find, was the raw helicopter video from WBAL-TV.

Captain Roy Taylor arrived on the scene Tuesday evening before the first fire crews. His video shows the evacuation of the exposure rowhomes and the initial attack on the fire. On top of that, you can hear a bit of the fireground radio transmissions as you play the video.

Images from WBAL-TV. Click here for more details on the fire.