A 2-year-old girl died after a fire at a home early Monday in West Baltimore.
The fire was reported shortly before 5 a.m. in the first block of Payson Street, according to Baltimore City Fire Department spokesman Kevin Cartwright.
The girl, whose name was not released by press time, was found on the second floor in cardiac arrest and suffering from smoke inhalation and burns. Paramedics worked to resuscitate her, but she was declared dead at the University of Maryland hospital.
The victim?s mother and five other children in the house got out safely. One firefighter suffered a minor injury.
The fire was brought under control in less than 30 minutes. Officials said they had no indication of a cause.
Office fire called arson
Baltimore County fire officials said an early-morning blaze in a Dundalk office building that left one firefighter injured Monday was the product of arson.
The three-alarm fire broke out in the basement and on the fourth floor of the five-story Dundalk Professional Center at 40 South Dundalk St. about 1:30 a.m. Monday, said Elise Armacost, a fire department spokeswoman. County and city crews with about 23 units took more than two hours to contain the blaze, which left the fourth floor gutted, she said.
A city firefighter was transported to Mercy Hospital with minor injuries, she said.Officials are investigating the fire as an arson.
“There were multiple points of origin, which is almost always an indication a fire was set,” Armacost said.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
