The fire in southwest Baltimore was so large Tuesday that its flames reached almost 50 feet in the air, fire officials said.

“You could see plumes of smoke across the city skyline,” said Baltimore City Fire Department spokesman Chief Kevin Cartwright. “It didn?t matter what part of the city you were responding from, you could see them. There was heavy, heavy fire and smoke.”

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