Brewers Hill apartment building evacuated over rooftop pool leak

An apartment building in Brewers Hill was evacuated Friday morning because a leak in the rooftop pool could damage the integrity of the building, Baltimore City Fire Department officials confirmed Friday morning.

Caution tape could be seen blocking the Axel Brewers Hill, an apartment complex at 1211 S. Eaton St., around 9:15 a.m. Friday.

The Baltimore City Fire Department responded to the area shortly before 8 a.m. to investigate a water leak and quickly determine the rooftop pool was leaking "and possibly compromising the integrity of the building," fire department spokesperson John L. Marsh said in an email.

Marsh said all residents have been evacuated and the situation is being monitored by fire units, the office of emergency management and a collapse unit.

The apartment complex in Brewers Hill is just four years old. Permitting records from the city of Baltimore show construction started in 2018 and continued into 2020. That October, the city issued a permit to operate a 372-unit apartment complex. Property records show the building was sold in 2022 for $125 million to a company owned by the New York real estate company Excelsior Communities.

Calls to the apartment complex and its parent company have not been returned.