A smoky blaze early Tuesday morning severely damaged a Dundalk club featuring dancers who wear bikinis, Baltimore County fire officials said.

Emergency dispatchers received a call just before 5 a.m. from passersby who saw a heavy amount of smoke rising from Bustos on the 4000 block of North Point Boulevard. The first crews on the scene attempted to enter the building but were forced back because of the intensity of the fire, said Lt. John Cromwell Jr., a fire department spokesman.