Crime & Safety
1 Killed, 2 Injured In 3 Overnight Fires: Baltimore FD
Officials are investigating if three fires, one of them fatal, in the same Baltimore neighborhood are connected, reports said.
BALTIMORE, MD — An adult man was killed and two others were injured in a series of three overnight fires in Baltimore, fire officials said.
The fatal fire broke out around 3 a.m. in a three-story vacant home on South Bentalou Street, fire officials said. One man jumped from the third floor window, and is currently in serious condition.
Another man was found dead on the third floor, fire officials said. Neither man's identity was released.
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It took firefighters about 40 minutes to extinguish the flames, officials told the Baltimore Sun.
Another fire happened on Furrow Street; a woman jumped out of the second story and was taken to the hospital in critical condition. A third fire happened on another Bentalou Street block; there were no injuries at that fire, the Baltimore Sun reported.
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Firefighters are investigating the cause of the fires, and if they could be related.
Image: A photo of the fatal fire, via BCFD
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