Post by bearnpa1 on Sept 8, 2008 20:32:08 GMT -5
This was live on CNN this morning as some 12 stores were endangered and evacuated 4 were damaged or distroyed....
a report from CBS news was as follows:
4-Alarm Fire Engulfs Baltimore Shopping Center
BALTIMORE, Md. (AP) ¯
"Firefighters in Baltimore are trying to contain a growing blaze at a shopping center.
The fire started Monday morning at the Edmondson Village Shopping Center. Fire Department spokesman Battalion Chief Kevin Cartwright says the flames spread to three adjacent businesses -- a women's clothing store, a hair and beauty supply store and a sandwich shop.
Initially, firefighters had begun an interior attack, CBS station WJZ-TV reported. As the rear of one of the businesses collapsed, firefighters were ordered outside of the building as smoke and fire worsened.
Cartwright says 12 other businesses have been evacuated as a precaution. Power to the shopping center has been shut off.
No injuries have been reported."
does any one locally have any more details....
a report from CBS news was as follows:
4-Alarm Fire Engulfs Baltimore Shopping Center
BALTIMORE, Md. (AP) ¯
"Firefighters in Baltimore are trying to contain a growing blaze at a shopping center.
The fire started Monday morning at the Edmondson Village Shopping Center. Fire Department spokesman Battalion Chief Kevin Cartwright says the flames spread to three adjacent businesses -- a women's clothing store, a hair and beauty supply store and a sandwich shop.
Initially, firefighters had begun an interior attack, CBS station WJZ-TV reported. As the rear of one of the businesses collapsed, firefighters were ordered outside of the building as smoke and fire worsened.
Cartwright says 12 other businesses have been evacuated as a precaution. Power to the shopping center has been shut off.
No injuries have been reported."
does any one locally have any more details....