Current Events > 1 dead and 6 injured after massive gas explosion destroys houses in Baltimore

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One woman died and six people were hospitalized in serious condition after a major explosion in a residential area of Baltimore, according to Baltimore City Fire Department spokeswoman Blair Adams.
Three homes were reduced to rubble in the major gas explosion, Adams said.

Officials are investigating the cause, and crews are searching for people who might be trapped inside. Overhead video of the scene showed first responders searching through the rubble.

"It's a labor-intensive rescue," Adams said. "You have homes that were pretty much crumbled ... a ton of debris on the ground, so we're pulling and trying to comb through to see if we can find any additional occupants."

People gather outside an explosion site in Baltimore on Monday.

Dean Jones, who lives a few blocks away, told CNN affiliate WJZ he was sitting on his porch when the explosion shook his house.

"It was catastrophic. It was like a bomb, like you watch things in other countries where they have, like, bombings and things like that," Jones said. "It was like watching that in real life. Telephone poles split. I mean, houses down the block, broken glass.

"When I initially got there, I could hear a voice just saying, 'Help.' It's crazy."
Teams are working to turn off the gas main to keep the area safe, according to Linda Foy, spokeswoman for Baltimore Gas and Electric. Once turned off, the utility company will work to make repairs and try to determine what caused the explosion.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/10/us/baltimore-maryland-house-explosion/index.html

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Gas station in Russia
Warehouse in Beirut

Is August going to be another in a string of shitty 2020 trends?

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Bump.

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Wtf

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Holy fuck

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this happened in Massachusetts a couple years ago

gas company overdid the pressure in the pipes and a bunch of explosions and fires happened

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