DEVASTATING: Major Explosion in northwest Baltimore, killing a woman and critically injuring others

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According to The Baltimore Sun, A gas explosion blew through three homes in Northwest Baltimore, killing one woman and seriously injuring at least four others.

According to the Baltimore firefighters union, the explosion happened before 10 a.m., the exact cause of the explosion is not immediately clear. However rescue crews pulled a woman from the rubble just before noon and freed another man while investigating the scene.

They just extricated somebody. She was moving! pic.twitter.com/Ipv3TjnC0R

— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) August 10, 2020

When Latanya Heath heard her bay window shatter, she initially thought a rock from a lawnmower had struck it. “When I came outside, I saw the house on the ground. It was chaos.”

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said in a tweet that he was “closely monitoring” the situation.

We are closely monitoring the situation in northwest Baltimore following this morning’s horrific explosion. We have reached out to offer our full support to the ongoing response and recovery efforts, and are deeply grateful to the first responders on the scene.

— Governor Larry Hogan (@GovLarryHogan) August 10, 2020

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