A fire tore through a familiar corner of Maryland before sunrise — and by daylight, an entire neighborhood was already figuring out how to help.
Baltimore firefighters responded to a two-alarm blaze at Falkenhan’s Hardware in Hampden early Monday, Dec. 15, after calls came in around 6:30 a.m. for a fire in the 700 block of West 34th Street at Chestnut Street, city fire officials said.
Crews arrived to find the two-story, mixed-use building fully involved, with the fire appearing to start on the first floor before spreading, officials said. The building was unoccupied at the time…