Operations & Training

Baltimore City Firefighters Save Two from 2-Alarm Fire

Dec. 9, 2020

Two people were rescued by Baltimore City firefighters from the second floor of a burning building once used by Sojourner-Douglass College, which closed in 2015.

By Christine Condon

Source The Baltimore Sun

Two people were rescued by Baltimore City firefighters from a two-alarm fire that damaged part of the old Sojourner Douglass College building early Wednesday.

At about 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, Baltimore City firefighters responded to a two-alarm fire at a building once used by Sojourner-Douglass College, which closed in 2015.

By about 7:30 a.m., the fire at Orleans Street and North Central Avenue was under control, although it had extended to the building’s second floor. Two individuals were rescued from the second floor, but neither were injured, nor were any firefighters, said Baltimore City Fire Department spokesman Chief Roman Clark.

The two individuals were possibly squatting in the building at the time of the fire, Clark said.

Officials searched the building, Clark said, and found no indication of anyone else is inside. Residents were advised to expect some traffic delays near the fire along Orleans and North Central, according to a tweet from the department.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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