Pikesville Apartment Fire

Just after0100 on December30, 2022, units were alerted to respond to Fire Box 2-23, with callers to 911 reporting a fire in the 6900 block of Millbrook Park Drive in the Milbrook Park Apartments complex in Pikesville. Of note, units who would normally be on this assignment were on the scene of an earlier dwelling fire. Baltimore County Fire Department Engine 71 from the Essex Station, filling in at BCoFD Station 2, responded and, on arrival, reported smoke conditions from the front doorof a threestory garden-style apartment building with multiple residents on balconies needing assistance. Engine 71’s crew placed a ground ladderon side Alpha, with several firefighters advancing a handline to extinguish a fire in a terrace level apartment and the lieutenant helping multiple residents, including a young child, from the second-floorbalcony. Baltimore County fire investigators responded to the scene to determine the cause of the fire.

- Fire News photos by Mike Schwartzberg