Baltimore Shopping Center Explosion. According to the Baltimore City firefighters union, the explosion occurred near Reisterstown Road, affecting several homes and trapping "at least" five. Images on WBFF television showed a section of row houses leveled with rubble strewn about.
The explosion killed one person and injured several others, the Baltimore city fire union reports.
A major explosion tore through a Baltimore reportedly Jewish neighborhood on Monday, leveling several houses, trapping at least five people and critically injuring three, firefighters said.
Firefighters were in contact with a person trapped in the rubble, the union reported. Several fire and emergency vehicles rushed to assist the victims, with officials from Baltimore Gas and Electric and the Baltimore Office of Emergency Management also on the scene. Fire crews work to rescue people trapped in debris, as pictures show several houses flattened by blast. "Several houses exploded.