2 Firefighters Hurt In Joppa Hardware Store Blaze

Two firefighters suffered injuries as flames enveloped Anderson Hardware in Joppa Tuesday evening, according to fire officials.

Around 6:30 p.m. firefighters from the Joppa-Magnolia and surrounding volunteer fire companies responded to a fire call at Anderson Hardware in the 900 block of U.S. Route 40, or Pulaski Highway, in Joppa, according to a post on Harford County Md Fire & EMS PIO Media Page.

The injured firefighters, both members of the Aberdeen Proving Ground fire department, were transported to local hospitals with "minor" injuries, according to a news release from the Joppa-Magnolia Fire Company.

The building was unoccupied at the time of the fire, according to the release.

The release added that "the fire escalated to the equivalent of three alarms," and required 80 first-responders and some 31 pieces of equipment. 

Westbound lanes on Pulaski Highway west of Maryland Route 152 were closed to traffic because of the fire, according the official Joppa-Magnolia Fire Company Twitter page.

The Maryland State Fire Marshal was investigating the incident, according to the Joppa-Magnolia Fire Company.
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Patch editor Kirsten Dize contributed to this article.