Crime & Safety
Fire Strikes Seagram's Distillery, Officials Say; Blaze Was Second In Two Months
The vacant building was deemed unsafe for fire investigators to go inside, Baltimore County public safety officials say.
DUNDALK, MD - The vacant Seagram's distillery in Dundalk has gone up in flames for the second time in two months.
Firefighters found the fourth floor of the building ablaze when they were dispatched at 10:02 p.m. on Monday to Sollers Point Road at Delvale Avenue, officials said. Part of the roof collapsed in the fire, and crews fought the blaze from the exterior.
Because the building was deemed unsafe, nobody - including fire investigators - could go inside, according to officials, who said as a result, the cause of the blaze was undetermined.
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According to public safety officials, the CSX railroad tracks were shut down in the area during the firefighting operation.
Smoke still coming from scene of 2-alarm fire at old Seagrams distillery in Dundalk. Fire started last night @ABC2NEWS pic.twitter.com/FNG6y5UAEF
โ Skyler A. Henry (@SkylerHenry) August 29, 2017
This was the second fire at the vacant property in two months. In early July, a two-alarm blaze also broke out at the old Seagram's distillery.
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