By Dillon Mullan
Baltimore Sun
BALTIMORE — An early morning fire in Hampden killed two people Tuesday.
Firefighters responded around 6:19 a.m. to the 3000 block of Keswick Road in the Hampden neighborhood and evacuated residents for a three-alarm fire, the Baltimore Fire Department said. The fire was upgraded to five alarms before being extinguished around 7:45 a.m., the department said.
Keith Bondurant, who lives across the street, said he watched as firefighters cut a large pine tree out of the front yard of the house as Halloween decorations caught on fire.
Tuesday night, an excavator sat outside the row home that was burned through to its back wall, and the rowhouse next door was largely collapsed.
Neighbors said at least 10 other homes were damaged by smoke.
“The fire was really bad. There was no way you could get out the front,” Bandurant said. “It’s been sad day in the neighborhood. A very sad day.”
Bondurant said the victims were likely an older couple who lived in the home, and a neighbor’s cat also died in the fire.
“Our hearts are heavy today with the loss of two of our residents in this morning’s fire, and we grieve with their family, loved ones, and neighbors,” Mayor Brandon Scott said in a statement. “The City of Baltimore will stand with these families to offer whatever support possible for those who lost loved ones or property in this devastating fire.”
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