The City of Baltimore is mourning the loss of one of its heroes today, after EMT and firefigher Rodney Pitts, who was 31-years-old and had only been with the department for a year, passed away on Thursday.
He died while battling a large row home fire on Linden Heights Avenue in Northwest Baltimore; four other firefighters were injured.
"I can tell you I pinned his badge on him in August," Baltimore Fire Chief James Wallace said.
Lieutenant Dillon Rinaldo is still "fighting for his life," according to Mayor Brandon Scott.
Rinaldo, a six-year veteran, was critically injured in that fire and remains in the burn center recovering.
City leaders expressed heartfelt empathy as they mourned Pitts' death along with the injuries of the four other firefighters.
Investigators say the two-alarm fire erupted so quickly and Pitts was one of two first responders inside the home trying to fight it. And three others who tried to rescue them were badly burned in the process.
Lieutenant Keith Brooks, a 14-year veteran and firefighter, and Tavon Marshall, a three-year veteran, were both treated and released from the hospital.
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6 окт 2024
