LADDER TRUCK DESTROYED IN FIRE – MARYLAND

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — An Anne Arundel County Fire Department fire engine was destroyed after a blaze on Monday.

Baltimore City firefighters helped extinguish the flames of a fire that began in the 500 block of Ensor Street around 2:00 p.m. on June 30.

It’s unclear if anyone was injured in the fire, but the fire engine was destroyed.

Anne Arundel County Fire Department officials said that its reserve truck was out of service and at a private contractor’s maintenance shop for repair work on Monday.

Anne Arundel County firefighters examine what’s left of their fire truck after it caught fire in Baltimore on Monday. (WBFF / Maggie Ybarra)That repair work required a type of cutting or welding, officials said.

The firs started when fire personnel drove out of the shop.

That’s when they realized that something had caught fire beneath the fire truck, according to authorities.

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