Hazardous Materials Fire Near I-95 Contained, No Injuries Reported

Baltimore City Fire Department crews contained a two-alarm exterior fire Thursday evening at a home in the 2200 block of Langley Street, in the Saint Paul neighborhood of south Baltimore, after the blaze spread toward a neighboring two-story building and revealed the presence of gasoline and propane on the property.

Firefighters were called to the scene shortly after 6:30 p.m. on March 12. Rashad Singletary, a spokesperson for the Baltimore City Fire Department, said crews arrived to find an exterior fire that had begun spreading to a nearby two-story structure before they were able to contain it. No injuries were reported.

Because of the hazardous materials involved, Singletary said the Maryland Department of the Environment was requested to respond to the scene. The involvement of gasoline and propane, both flammable and explosive under the right conditions, requires specialized containment and cleanup procedures that go beyond standard firefighting operations. The fire department has not stated that there is any broader public risk to surrounding residents or businesses.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Officials have not released information about the quantity of materials present, how they were stored, or whether any tanks or containers ruptured during the blaze. No evacuations or road closures were reported in connection with the incident.

The Langley Street fire is among several hazardous-materials incidents Baltimore has seen in recent years. A July 2025 incident on the 2100 block of Wicomico Street in Southwest Baltimore sent nine people to be evaluated and resulted in four hospitalizations with non-life-threatening injuries. Past years have also brought fuel spills, gas main ruptures in residential neighborhoods, and unidentified chemical exposures at public buildings, though most were contained without serious harm.