Baltimore County fire crews responded to a one-alarm fire in West Towson that closed down several streets Monday afternoon, Feb. 27.
Fire crews responded to the call at 1 p.m. on Monday, and 30 minutes later extinguished the small blaze, which burned in the annex building to a multi-family house in the 700 block of Morningside Drive.
Fire department spokeswoman Louise Rogers-Feher said that four engines, three trucks, the battalion chief, a medic unit, and an air unit were dispatched to the scene.
No injuries were reported. Three adults and three children are being assisted by the Red Cross after being displaced from the fire, though damage to other parts of the house was limited.
Red Cross volunteers are at the house providing food, clothing and shelter to residents, a Red Cross statement said.
Roy Nickols, 18, arrived at the house shortly after the fire began to pick up his sister, Vicktoria Winchell, who lives on the third floor of the house.
He saw the owner of the house outside the house, and smoke spewing out of the lower floor annex.
"It got out of control," he said.
Nickols observed the smoke and flames growing higher and higher until "all of a sudden, there was a huge flame."
His sister's apartment, however, was largely unaffected by the fire. He said some smoke reached the apartment, but there was little smoke damage.