According to the municipal fire department and the firefighters' union, three firefighters were critically injured after being trapped in a vacant home on fire in Southwest Baltimore.
According to Baltimore Fire Department spokesperson Blair Adams, crews are currently attempting to rescue a fourth fireman inside.
Firefighters responded to a fire in the 200 block of South Stricker St in the city's New Southwest/Mount Clare area at 6 a.m. Monday. The three-story home partially collapsed while fighting the fire, trapping the four firemen inside, according to Niles Ford, the local fire chief. According to him, one fireman was saved right away.
"We cleared mountains of rubble as rapidly as possible in order to identify the trapped members," Ford added.
Ford said two other firemen were rescued "within an hour" and sent to Maryland Shock Trauma.
The house had completely fallen by 11:45 a.m., and firemen had moved to the roof of a house next door as smoke billowed from the wreckage. After that, personnel began clearing the wreckage from the damaged home using an excavator.
2-Alarm update. At this time 3 Firefighters have been transported to the hospital in serious condition. We are still trying to rescue 1 Firefighter trapped inside. Next Media Update will be at Shock Trauma. pic.twitter.com/m2ucUrY9vb
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