Two Baltimore County firefighters were hospitalized Wednesday after battling a blaze in the 8400 block of Kavanaugh Road shortly after noon.

More than a dozen trucks and engines responded to the fire, which was in the back of an apartment building, according to a press release from the Baltimore County Fire Department.

One townhome was destroyed and two others damaged.

The two firefighters were transported to Bayview Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.

Fire officials said the cause of the fire has not been officially determined, but there were possible electrical issues and complications from recent flooding inside the building. A resident inside the townhouse was using a drying machine in the basement when the fire occurred.

"A crew made an interior attack from the rear of the building. There was some electrical sparking, so we had to pull the crew out and go defensive. We attacked from both sides until BGE shut the power down, and then we went back inside the building and extinguish the fire," said Battalion Chief Paul Lurz.

The Red Cross has been asked to assist residents who may have been displaced due to the fire, according to the release, though no other injuries were reported.

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