Ten people were taken to hospitals, several with serious injuries, after an explosion and fire at a Silver Spring, Maryland apartment building.
Firefighters responded around 10:30 a.m. after 911 callers reported an explosion at the four-story building in Silver Spring, less than a mile north of Washington, D.C., Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service Chief Scott Goldstein said during a news conference.
Charred rubble is seen after an apartment building collapsed after an explosion this morning in Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, March, 3, 2022. It's not known how many people are unaccounted for and how many people will be displaced, Goldstein said.About 150 personnel from across the region responded to battle the blaze, Goldstein said.
Video from the scene showed flames shooting from the roof of a brick garden-style apartment building and debris on the ground surrounding the building. Later, firefighters could be seen dousing the smoking, roofless building.
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