2011-01-29 Charles Village Pub
January 29, 2011 - On 1/29/11 at approximately 7:30pm, Fire Dispatch sounded fire box 1-17 for the building fire at the popular Charles Village Pub in downtown Towson. Engine was alerted and responded promptly with 4 volunteers. Initial reports indicated that it was a grease fire in the kitchen and that the fire was spreading. Engine 1 (Towson) arrived on scene first and reported heavy smoke showing from side A and initiated an interior attack on division 1. Engine 292 arrived moments later and was instructed to advance a line to division 2 as there were fire conditions on the second floor as well. After an aggressive attempt to control the fire the EVAC tones were sounded about 10 minutes into the incident ordering everyone out of the structure. The fire quickly escalated to three alarms and defensive operations were setup and engine 292s crew repositioned to the Bravo exposure to protect against fire spread. E 291 was on side Charlie and supplied multiple master streams as well as Tower 17. It took several hours to contain the fire and the last units cleared around 0430 hrs. Fl 293, U 298, Br 294 also operated on the scene.
