The Baltimore Fire Department is reeling as the city has experienced the most fire deaths in a decade, Chief Niles R. Ford said Wednesday.
Twenty-eight people have died in fires with more than a week left to go in the year — more than half of them in just four incidents, according to the Fire Department.
While the number of victims has increased, the number of fatal fires, 17, is roughly in line with the department’s 10-year average of about 16.8 fatal fires per year, according to a Baltimore Sun review of state fire marshal data.