Baltimore firefighters responded to a a three-story house in the city’s Park Heights neighborhood Thursday that put the poor condition of the city’s fleet of fire engines on display.
While responding Engine 29 lost its bumper and hydrant connection.
Union President John Fannon urged the City Council to adopt NFPA 1911 as the standard for maintenance of the city’s fleet of apparatus.
The fire started around 3 p.m. at the home in the 4600 block of Pimlico Road. By 4 p.m., firefighters had extinguished the fire.