First they lost their parents in a fire. Now, the city is billing them for the demolition costs.

BALTIMORE — For the first time in a long time, Matt Schmale Jr. stands where his childhood home used to be on Keswick Road in Hampden. Now, the bad memories outweigh the good.

“I actually stopped by on the Sunday before this happened and I didn’t stop by on the Monday. And then Tuesday morning they were gone,” Schmale said.

The home burned down in a destructive fire last October, costing the lives of his parents’, Kathy and Matt Schmale Sr…

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