Downtown Baltimore vacant buildings are being demolished in aftermath of five

Demolition of vacant buildings destroyed by a massive fire in downtown Baltimore two weeks ago along W. Fayette and N. Howard streets has started.

The incident was upgraded to a five-alarm fire and spread across three vacant buildings on September 2.

The Baltimore City Department of Housing and Community Development said the day after the fire, crews demolished a building on W. Fayette Street.

City officials said the s evere damage from the fire required an emergency demolition of multiple vacant structures on the block of Howard Street.

Demolition of vacant buildings in downtown Baltimore has started, two weeks after a massive fire near W. Fayette and N. Howard streets.

This work is expected to wrap up within the next seven to nine days, keeping Howard Street closed until th