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The fire caused severe damage to several businesses and knocked out utilities, including phone and internet, for thousands of customers for days.

“We don’t have a sense of when it may happen again, we don’t have a sense of what to do differently,” Councilman Mark Conway said.

A five-alarm fire early Tuesday affected at least eight rowhomes and drew a large response from the Baltimore City Fire Department.

Conaway said that delayed essential court proceedings and affects hundreds of residents including witnesses, jurors and those waiting for childcare custody decisions.

The Sunday night shooting near the building killed one person and wounded seven others. Law enforcement is investigating if the group is involved after noise complaints from the community earlier that night.

The top floor of the building that houses Sophomore Coffee and two other businesses caught fire shortly after 11 a.m.

The families of three firefighters who died in a blaze at a vacant home on Stricker Street in two years ago are suing the city, saying officials were negligent in cataloging dangerous buildings.

Three people, all new arrivals from Guatemala, were killed as a result of injuries sustained from a Tuesday morning rowhome fire.

Lt. Dillon Rinaldo fought for his life in the hospital for six days before he succumbed to injuries sustained during the blaze.

“He wasn’t selfish. You can see he sacrificed his life so other people could live.”