One woman is dead and two others are in critical condition after a gas explosion caused three homes to collapse Monday morning in Northwest Baltimore.
WMAR 2 NEWS DAVE DETLING GOTHERE RIGHT AFTER THE FIRSTCREWS ARRIVED...HE JOINS USLIVE AND DAVE THIS IS STILL ANONGOING OPERATION.OFFICIALS SAY THIS IS STILL ARESCUE OPERATION AND CREWSPLAN TO BE HERE THROUGH THENIGHT WELL INTO THE MORNING.AS YOU CAN IMAGINEEXPLOSION ROCKED THISNORTHWEST BALTIMORENEIGHBORDHOOD.
RIGHT NOW TGAME PLAN IS ASSISTING THOSEIMPACTED BY THE BLAST.
ITSUNCLEAR HOW MANY FAMILIES HAVEBEEN DISPLACEDTALKING ABOUT A POSSIBLE LOSSOF POWER AS BGE PLANS TO CUTOFF GAS.
THEY ARE WORKING TORESTORE SOME POWER AS WIRESAND UTILITY POLES ARE DOWN.THE EXPLOSION HAPPENED JUSTBEFORE 10 IN TNE 42-HUNDREDBLOCK OF LABYRINTH ROAD.
3 ROWHOMES WERE DISTROYED.
6 PEOPLEIN TOTAL WERE TRANSPORTED TOAREA HOSPITALS.
ONE WOMAN WASPRONOUNCED DEAD.
TALK ABOUTCOMMUNITY SUPPORTWORKERS ARRIVEDNEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS.LISTEN NOW TO GOOD SAMARITANDEAN JONES.
"Houses at leasttwo blocks down had brokenwindows.
It was pandemoniumfor the first five minutes.The police got here first.
Iassisted them anyway I could.Fire department came.Everybody was in there.
Therewas about five or sixneighbors, we were in theretrying to, you know, dig withour hands." AS FOR VICTIMS &INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOTRELEASED ANY NAMES.
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Baltimore City Officials Update On COVID-19, Mail-In Voting, Baltimore Explosion
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