2HAGERSTOWN, MD – A pre-dawn fire tore through a downtown high-rise apartment building early Sunday, sending two residents to the hospital and forcing them from their home.

Flames erupted inside a unit at 11 West Baltimore Street around 3 a.m., authorities said.

Firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke pouring from the upper floors of the structure.

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Two residents were injured in an early morning apartment fire in Hagerstown.

The blaze caused an estimated $200,000 in total damages.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Fire quickly contained by massive response

More than 50 firefighters from the Hagerstown Fire Department and surrounding companies responded to the one-alarm fire, which was brought under control within five minutes of arrival. Crews credited

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