Woman Injured After Canton Rowhomes Go Up In Flames
BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Baltimore City fire crews were called to the scene of a two-alarm blaze in Canton Thursday night.
Flames first broke out inside a rowhome in the 1200 block of South Clinton Street.
Authorities tell WJZ's Rick Ritter a 63-year-old woman jumped from a second story window to escape the home.
She is currently hospitalized with bleeding in the brain, according to her family.
The fire spread to two nearby homes. Both were vacant.
2 alarm fire in #Canton along S. Clinton St. near Toone St. @cbsbaltimore pic.twitter.com/P5C4zrtBrz
— Rick Ritter (@RickRitterWJZ) October 14, 2016
There were no other injuries to report.
Jeffrey Tyree lives a few doors down from where fire started in Canton - was banging on doors to get people out @cbsbaltimore pic.twitter.com/NVXAwjd8Pt
— Rick Ritter (@RickRitterWJZ) October 14, 2016
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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