Owings Mills 2-Alarm Blaze Owings Mills 2-Alarm Blaze

Shortly before 0100 on March 11, 2023, Baltimore County westside fire units were alerted fora garage fire in the 9400 block of Manor Forge Way off Lyons Mill Road in Owings Mills. Baltimore County Fire Department Engine 18 and Truck 18 from the Randallstown CareerStation and Liberty Road VolunteerFire Company Engine 464 arrived to heavy fire showing from a first-level garage in a three-story townhouse. Faced with a significant volume of fire, which was extending into exposures on eitherside of the main fire building and also threatening townhouses across the street, Engines 18 and 464 deployed deck guns, while firefighters stretched hose- lines and Truck 18 set up forladderpipe ops. With heavy fire in three residences and a gas-main involved in fire, command requested a second alarm, bringing additional units. including mutual aid, from Carroll County to the scene. Firefighters threw multiple ladders on the Alpha side, and multiple lines were used in the townhouse of origin as well as exposures. The aerial bucket from Pikesville Tower323 was deployed to provide an overhead view of the fireground and BGE was requested to the scene to assist with cutting off the gas. The fire was underinvestigation by the Fire Investigation Division. - Fire News photos by Mike Schwartzberg