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Mayday: Firefighter falls fighting house fire, rescued

The firefighter was quickly removed from the home, assessed by medics and sent to a hospital for evaluation

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BALTIMORE — A Baltimore City firefighter was injured fighting a late-night blaze in the northern part of the city.

The fire broke out just before 11 p.m. Wednesday at a rowhome in the 400 block of Ilchester Avenue, a few blocks east of Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood campus.

Officials said one of the firefighters fell or tripped inside the home, causing a mayday call to be sent out. The firefighter was quickly removed from the home, assessed by paramedics and sent to Johns Hopkins Hospital for evaluation, officials said.

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