A major gas explosion leveled at least three houses as it tore through a Baltimore neighborhood, killing at least one person and injuring four, while others - including children - were trapped
Fire officials described it as a natural gas explosion but said the exact cause was under investigation.
The blast destroyed three brick row houses and ripped open the wall of another, spreading debris throughout the neighborhood. Rescuers picked through the rubble, searching for victims with their hands and tools, Baltimore City Fire Department spokeswoman Blair Adams told reporters at the scene.“The scene remains extremely active,” the Baltimore Fire Department wrote on Twitter after a late-afternoon news briefing.
Some of victims who were trapped earlier in the day were children, the Baltimore Firefighters IAFF Local 734 said on Twitter. Neighbors responding to the blast dug through rubble and called out for victims. One neighbor told the Baltimore Sun he could hear shouts from trapped children.Matthews found one person buried from the neck down and another sheltering in a closet, the Sun said.“You knew it was something catastrophic,” Dean Jones told WBFF television about hearing the blast. “I didn’t think. I didn’t grab shoes. I took off running. I followed the smoke. I started yelling to come help.
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