Firefighter hospitalized with minor injuries after Carrollton Ridge rowhome blaze

A firefighter was injured Monday evening while battling a vacant rowhome fire that spread to three other units in the city’s Carrollton Ridge neighborhood.

Shortly before 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 9, crews with the Baltimore City Fire Department were called to the 1900 block of Lemmon Street, located in southwest Baltimore, for a reported house fire.

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When crews arrived, authorities said they found fire showing from the second floor of a vacant, middle-of-group rowhome.

The blaze was “quickly” upgraded to a working fire as flames started spreading to three adjacent homes, according to fire officials.

One firefighter was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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