BALTIMORE — A fire at the Castle on Keswick building in Hampden has left local business owners devastated after water damage destroyed their shops while firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze.

Jill Andrews, who has operated her bridal shop in the building for 16 years, watched helplessly as her business was damaged by the water used to fight the fire.

"Unbelievable. It just, the flames were just starting to shoot up and the black smoke, I mean it was overwhelming," Andrews said.

Andrews managed to save vintage family wedding pieces - dresses handed down from mothers and grandmothers - but was unable to retrieve her clients' wedding gowns from the shop.

Jeff Morgan A bridal shop recovers after a fire ripped through the 3rd floor of the 'Castle on Keswick'

"I wanted to come in an

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