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Stricker Street Fire That Killed 3 Baltimore Firefighters Ruled A Homicide Stricker Street Fire That Killed 3 Baltimore Firefighters Ruled A Homicide
Stricker Street Fire That Killed 3 Baltimore Firefighters Ruled A Homicide A fire that claimed the lives of three Baltimore City firefighters has been ruled as a homicide, authorities said.  Lieutenants Paul Butrim and Kelsey Sadler as well as Firefighter/EMT Kenneth Lacayo were killed after a vacant home on South Stricker Street collapsed on Jan. 24, Baltimore Police said.  The State Medical Examiner's office later ruled the three had died from injuries sustained while trying to extinguish the fire. Now, the ATF Baltimore field has classified the fire as incendiary.  "Thoughts of Lt. Butrim, Lt. Sadler, and Firefighter/EMT Lacayo every step of this investigatio…

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by David Cifarelli
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Victim Killed In Three-Alarm Fire At Curtis Avenue Fire ID'd as Utility Worker Victim Killed In Three-Alarm Fire At Curtis Avenue Fire ID'd as Utility Worker
Victim Killed In Three-Alarm Fire At Curtis Avenue Fire ID'd as Utility Worker The victim of a three-alarm fire at a South Baltimore treatment facility has been identified as a 52-year-old utility worker, Baltimore City Fire Department said on Tuesday, March 8. Earnest Cooper was among the four utility workers inside the Petroleum  Management Inc. facility when crews responded to a reported fire just before 7 a.m. on Monday. Officials learned Cooper had caught on fire and was pronounced dead at the scene. Upon arrival, firefighters saw noticeable fire and smoke throughout the entire building, BCFD said. The fire was quickly upgraded to a three-alar…

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by David Cifarelli