2 People Rescued From Hampden Duplex Blaze

(UPDATED 2:30 p.m.)— Two adults were rescued from a burning duplex in Hampden on Thursday. 

The blaze was reported just after noon, at 3627 Hickory Ave., where firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke and fire on the first floor of the building.

There were two adults in the building who were removed from the building by firefighters, according to Chief Kevin Cartwright, a Baltimore Fire Department Spokesman.

He said both people were suffering from smoke inhalation and were taken to an area hospital for further evaluation. 

Cartwright, in an email, did say there was some extension of the fire and that it did some damage to the building next door at 3629 Hickory Ave.

A Baltimore police arson investigator was called to the scene, but Cartwright said that was a common practice that happens in eight out of 10 fires. 

The cause of the blaze is still being investigated.  

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