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Caption: Firefighters battle a 5-alarm blaze in Baltimore's infamous red light district on Monday evening, Dec. 6, 2010. The Gayety Show Club built in 1920 caught fire around 4 p.m. The Gayety operated as an adult video and book store. During its prime it was one of the premier burlesque clubs on "The Block" in Baltimore, Md.

Firefighters battle a 5-alarm blaze in Baltimore's infamous red light district on Monday evening, Dec. 6, 2010. The Gayety Show Club built in 1920 caught fire around 4 p.m. The Gayety operated as an adult video and book store. During its prime it was one of the premier burlesque clubs on "The Block" in Baltimore, Md. When the fire initially broke out on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010 dancers ran out of the local clubs, many of them naked or wearing their stage outfits. Baltimore, Md. A firefighter redirects a spray of water onto the roof of The Gayety on Monday evening, Dec. 6, 2010, in Baltimore, Md. Onlookers on the roof of a nearby parking garage stare down at the fire as smoke blankets the area on Monday evening, Dec. 6, 2010, in Baltimore, Md. Windows in the building were shattered from the heat of the fire that broke out Monday afternoon, Dec. 6, 2010, in Baltimore, Md. A firefighter sprays water from a pumper truck onto a 5-alarm fire on Monday evening, Dec. 6, 2010, in Baltimore, Md. Temperatures hovered near freezing throughout the evening, creating safety concerns for firefighters. After the fire was extinguished in the early hours of the morning, the water soaked city streets turned to ice. Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, Baltimore, Md. Ladder Truck 15 is parked on the outskirts of the fire ready for action, with City Hall lit in the background on Monday evening, Dec. 6, 2010. More than 50 pieces of equipment were used to extinguish the blaze which occurred in a densely built part of the city, only a few blocks from the Inner Harbor, in Baltimore, Md.