West Baltimore House Explosion. A huge gas explosion has reduced three row houses to rubble in Baltimore, Maryland, killing one resident and injuring several others, the city's fire department has said. A massive explosion rocked a neighborhood of northwest Baltimore near Labyrinth and Reisterstown Roads on Monday morning, officials said. "A lot of houses have been destroyed, a lot of windows have been shattered," Young said. "We just want to make sure we take care of these people." 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.
A major gas explosion has destroyed at least three homes in Baltimore.
A Collapse Respose and Second Alarm has been called," tweeted Baltimore The explosion killed one person and injured several others, the Baltimore city fire union reports.
The Baltimore Fire Department said it was still investigating the cause of the explosion, but the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) said its crews were working to turn off gas to nearby Gas explosions are becoming increasingly common in Maryland, The Baltimore Sun reported. A massive explosion in a Baltimore neighborhood killed at least one person and left several people trapped, including children, according to reports. Baltimore fire officials reported a "major explosion" in the city Monday that has killed at least one person.