Blaze destroys several Baltimore stores

Published September 8, 2008 4:00am ET



A fire today destroyed at least five stores and forced the evacuation of several others in Edmondson Village in Baltimore City, a 51-year-old community centerpiece on Baltimore National Pike trumpeted as the city’s first large strip mall.

The dramatic four-alarm blaze began about 9:15 a.m. in the Ashley Stewart Woman clothing store and quickly spread to an adjacent beauty supply and gift shop and hair salon.

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