Squatter reported inside vacant Baltimore home before catching fire

The issue of vacant homes in Baltimore continues to pose fire hazards. Tuesday morning was a busy one for the fire department, as they were called to put out flames at two different locations. The first was a two-alarm blaze that broke out just before 3:30am, at a two story building in the 1800 block of N. Chester Street. It's unclear if the location was vacant, but the fire caused significant property damage. The second incident was reported just before 5:45am, in the 2200 block of Christian Street. We're told nobody was injured, but a squatter was reportedly inside the vacant home before it caught fire. The Carrollton Ridge neighborhood, where this fire occurred, has a history of higher levels of crime involving vacant homes. According to the Department of Housing and Community Development, there are currently 13,456 vacant properties in Baltimore City.
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Region: L’Enfant Plaza Metro station in DC evacuated after small track fire reported

L’Enfant Plaza Metro Station was evacuated Wednesday evening after a small track fire was reported, according to Metro officials. D.C. Fire and EMS crews responded to the station around 5 p.m. to find that a small fire on the Green line track was extinguished before they arrived. Residual smoke was ventilated from the area and no injuries were reported, Fire officials said. As of 5:40 p.m., officials said Yellow line trains were single-tracking between Pentagon City and L’Enfant Plaza due to the track issue. Green Line trains were single-tracking between Navy Yard and L’Enfant Plaza. Shuttle buses were available, according to officials.
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Fire officials say dog alerted family to fire in Rockville home

An unexpected hero is being credited for saving two people after a fire broke out at a Maryland home on Monday. “I mean she’s a wonderful dog, she’s very smart but I never thought I’d be in this situation,” said Diane Miller. Diane Miller said she was upstairs with her napping 14-month-old granddaughter when she heard a banging on the nursery door. It was her 8-year-old yellow lab, Molly. “Molly started hitting the door with her paw, and hitting it, and hitting it and hitting it,” Diane Miller explained. When she opened the door, Diane Miller smelled smoke. “I looked and the smoke was pouring out of the floor and the side of the house,” Diane Miller said. “Molly went downstairs to our next level. I went down with the baby, I put [Molly’s] collar on and she was pulling us outside. She kept pulling as hard as she could to get us out the sliding glass door.”
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Fire engulfs Carroll County residence, no injuries reported

PHOTO: Firefighters battled a fire overnight at a home in Woodbine, Carroll County. Crews were dispatched to the fire at 6307 Woodbine Road around 1:26 a.m. Tuesday. Firefighters at the scene saw fire coming from the home's garage, pool house and deck. The fire was extinguished in one hour. No injuries have been reported at this time. Officials believe the fire originated at the exterior deck. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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