Posted on 12/03/22
| News Source: FOX45
The same day an investigative report was released on the deadly Stricker Street fire, Baltimore City Fire Chief Niles Ford resigned.
The report paints a chaotic picture of the response to the vacant rowhome fire that killed Lt. Kelsey Sadler, Lt. Paul Butrim, Kenny Lacayo, and injured John McMaster.
The report describes confusion over which firefighters were on scene that day and who was trapped inside the collapsed, burning structure.
Firefighters also expressed concern about a competitive culture within the department where they were often in a race to arrive first on the scene.
One of the most glaring problems on that January day, the firefighters had no idea they were walking into an unsafe vacant home that had been on fire twice before.
The report says their systems never alerted them and there was no visible indicator from the outside.