A wood fire broke out Thursday night in the Woodberry neighborhood in north Baltimore, one of at least two fires that firefighters were tackling throughout the city on a subfreezing night with gusty winds.
Baltimore firefighters are trying to contain the blaze coming from an approximately 300-by-100-foot pile of logs at the intersection of Cold Spring Lane and Brand Avenue, according to a Baltimore Fire dispatcher. There have been no reported injuries, he said.
The dispatcher said the logs were outside of a mulching facility.
Thursday night’s weather forecast calls for strong winds in Baltimore, with gusts up to 33 mph, according to the National Weather Service.
Light rail service has been suspended between the Falls Road and North Avenue stations “due to fire department activity,” the MTA said in a service alert. Both eastbound and westbound service on LocalLink bus 28 will be rerouted, according to the MTA.
The Washington Monument lighting celebration in Mount Vernon did not include fireworks as part of the program due to multiple fires across the city Thursday night, Baltimore Comptroller Bill Henry said at the event.
The Baltimore City Department of Transportation said in a post on X that the westbound ramp from I-83 South at Cold Spring was closed due to the fire.
Another fire was reported in a building on Lexington Street around 6 p.m. According to Baltimore City Fire officials, a fire in two 4-story units in the 600 block was contained despite heavy wind conditions. Ten residents were displaced by the blaze, fire officials said, and a firefighter was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
This story will be updated.
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