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LONDON - OCTOBER 23: A fire truck races to an emergency call October 23, 2002 in London, United Kingdom. Deputy British Prime Minister John Prescott has warned that firefighters will be risking lives if they go on strike for a 40 percent pay raise as they have threatened. Full-time firefighters are planning to begin the series of eight day walkouts over 36 days October 29, 2002. The Army, Royal Navy and RAF are on standby to provide cover along with 4,000 part-time firefighters with the Retained Firefighters Union (RFU). (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore’s firefighters battled a two-alarm fire in Southwest Baltimore on Saturday, according to authorities.

The fire started at a house in the 300 block of North Hilton Street on Saturday afternoon, the local firefighter’s union said in a social media post.

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Firefighters were able to get the fire under control right before 5 p.m., according to Baltimore City Fire Department spokesperson Blair Adams.

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Adams said that when firefighters arrived, they found flames chewing away on the roof of a house.

Additional firefighters were called to the scene because the fire spread to an additional four homes, Adams said.

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“All occupants exited their homes on their own and no injuries were reported,” she said.

CBS Baltimore Staff