A five alarm fire swept through at least three vacant buildings in downtown Baltimore Tuesday afternoon, causing one to collapse, officials said.

Clouds of steam lingered around old buildings decorated with graffiti and blackened from smoke as firefighters fought the blaze.

There were no nearby evacuations and no reported injuries, Office of Emergency Management Director Joey Henderson said at a news conference just before 5 p.m.

The fire was considered under control shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday night, though Baltimore City Fire Department spokesperson John Marsh said crews remained on scene battling hot spots.

The fire, in the 200 block of W. Fayette Street, was first reported shortly after 3 p.m. and required the attention of over 100 firefighters, officials said. Henderson said the cause is still under investigation. Baltimore Police Department arson investigators and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are both on scene.

Smoke sat at street level in the surrounding blocks as officials urged travelers and others to avoid the area. City officials are specifically asking people to avoid Howard Street from Baltimore Street to Saratoga Street.

Firefighters used ladders on multiple sides of the buildings to attack the fire.

Cheyenne Hearn, a sales person at a nearby women’s clothing store, said the shop had to close early because of smoke coming in through the doors. She worked to usher the last customers out around 4:30 p.m., she said.

People who said they worked along West Fayette and North Howard streets said they recalled hearing something that sounded like LEGO bricks falling and seeing black smoke billowing from an abandoned building earlier the day. Within minutes, they said, emergency vehicles crowded outside to tend to the growing fire.

The Baltimore Light Rail has suspended service between Patapsco and Falls Road because of fire activity, the Maryland Transit Administration said. A “bus bridge” connecting the stations, officials said.

In videos of the fire posted online, gray smoke could be seen billowing out of the roof and windows of the building as firefighters worked to contain the blaze.

The Banner’s Nina Giraldo, Kaitlin Newman and Justin Fenton contributed to this article.

This is a developing story.