Crime & Safety
Towson Town Center Fire, Power Outage Were Unrelated: Officials
There was a fire in the food court Friday night at the mall in Towson, according to authorities.
TOWSON, MD — Fire and a power outage resulted in an evacuation at the Towson Town Center Friday night, according to officials. Nobody was injured in the blaze, authorities reported.
Firefighters were dispatched to the mall in the 800 block of Dulaney Valley Road before 7:45 p.m.
Around 8 p.m., the Baltimore County Fire Department reported the fire in the food court was out. Crews were working to restore power to the mall and conducted multiple elevator rescues.
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Officials determined a small fire had broken out in a restaurant in the food court, and at the same time, there was an unrelated electrical issue that resulted in the power outage.
There was no damage to property, Fox 45 reported.
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At the same time as a fire broke out at the mall food court, "an electrical issue took place in the area that cut power to the mall that was unassociated with the fire at the food court, but it did cut all the power to Towson Town Center" - @BaltCoFire https://t.co/Xt4Yz0jzSP pic.twitter.com/xbUJq0EeY6
— FOX Baltimore (@FOXBaltimore) October 19, 2019
Power is back on at Towsontown Mall. Lights came back on around 8:05. pic.twitter.com/skhZ3CstlA
— Barry Simms (@BarrySimmsWBAL) October 19, 2019
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