A massive fire broke out at a vacant building in downtown Baltimore Tuesday evening, causing transit delays and prompting a response from several city agencies.

The incident was later upgraded to a five-alarm fire and spread across three vacant buildings before it was brought under control Tuesday night.

Firefighters responded to the fire in the 200 block of W Fayette Street around 3:30 p.m. The fire was contained around 8 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Baltimore City Fire Department.

Baltimore Fire crews respond to a building fire on Sept. 2, 2025. CBS News Baltimore

According to department officials, a four-story vacant building was on fire, with flames extending into connected vacant buildings.

Around 4:30 p.m., crews said they were attacking the flames from outside with ladder p

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