3-alarms in Baltimore County
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I am with the family visiting the folks in Baltimore County on my way home from the in-laws in New Jersey. So, considering I was just 10 or so miles from a 3-alarm garden apartment building fire near Security Square Mall I’d like to tell you this is my video and picture of the blaze.
Unfortunately that is not true. I was on the way to dinner with everyone and couldn’t break away (really, what as become of me?). Thankfully Michael Schwartzberg, photographer with Pikesville VFC, took it in and posted the above video, the account below, and a bunch of pictures.
Baltimore County, MD firefighters responded on a 3-alarm apartment fire at the Tuscany Woods Apartments in Westview (Fire Box 13-21) over Thanksgiving weekend. Units were dispatched to 4 Westbend Court, off Rolling Bend Drive near Security Square Mall, at 6:37 p.m.on Saturday November 29 for a reported apartment fire. While en route, BC22 was notified by Fire Dispatch that 911 was receiving multiple calls for the fire. BCoFD Engine 3 (Woodlawn career) arrived with heavy fire and smoke showing and immediately requested a Working Fire Dispatch, which command upgraded to second and third alarms. Firefighters battled heavy fire on the second and third floors of a 3-story garden style building, with flames venting through the roof. The fire was brought under control after about 2 hours and the American Red Cross was on scene assisting about a dozen displaced residents.
