Underground Fire At Parkville Shopping Center ‘Under Control,’ Firefighters Say

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PARKVILLE, Md. (WJZ) — An underground occurrence that broke retired Wednesday greeting astatine a Parkville buying halfway sent heavy fume billowing into the air.

The occurrence was reported soon aft 9 a.m. astatine a buying halfway adjacent the intersection of Joppa and Harford roads, starring to the evacuation of adjacent businesses, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department.

Images uploaded to Twitter by the occurrence section and unpaid occurrence companies showed heavy achromatic fume coming from manholes successful the parking lot.

#pvfc29 Truck 297 & Utility 299 are connected the country of an underground occurrence successful the 9600 artifact of Harford Rd successful #Parkville. Smoke tin beryllium seen from miles. Avoid the area. If successful the area, enactment distant from antheral spread covers. pic.twitter.com/EBJSoaNTAZ

— Providence VFC of Towson, MD (@ProvidenceVFC29) November 24, 2021

It took crews little than an hr to bring the flames nether control.

The occurrence section said the occurrence started successful the tempest drains beneath the buying halfway aft an chartless merchandise ignited.

No 1 was wounded and authorities said determination was nary harm to adjacent businesses.

The Maryland Department of Environment was called successful to woody with the biology impacts, the occurrence section said.

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Traffic delays are expected and drivers are asked to debar the area.

Update, underground fire, 9600 Harford Rd: Fire is present nether control. BCoFD units are clearing. MDE is connected country handling mitigation of situation impacts. EA

— Baltimore County Fire Department (@BaltCoFire) November 24, 2021