Gas Explosion Levels Edgewood Home, Man Seriously Injured

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EDGEWOOD, Md. (WJZ) — A state detonation successful Edgewood leveled a location down to its instauration Sunday night.

The detonation damaged adjacent homes and sent a nonmigratory of the location to a pain halfway with superior burns.

Units from the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company responded astir 9:30 p.m. to the country astatine the 2500 artifact of Thornberry Road for aggregate reports of the explosion. Surrounding occurrence companies and departments enactment the resulting occurrence from the detonation retired by midnight.

There were nary injuries reported from the adjacent homes that were damaged.

The antheral injured successful the detonation was capable to permission the location and was transported to a pain halfway by responders successful captious condition. He is present successful unchangeable condition, officials said.

#BREAKING – Deputy State Fire Marshals are actively investigating a location detonation successful the 2500 artifact of Thornberry Dr successful Edgewood. It has been confirmed 1 idiosyncratic was wrong the location astatine the clip of the detonation and was capable to self-extricate. pic.twitter.com/9wk4kZpuby

— Maryland State Fire Marshal (@MarylandOSFM) October 11, 2021

Investigators from the bureau of the Maryland State Fire Marshal and BGE workers worked done the night. Gas successful the country has been unopen off, but the origin of the occurrence has not been determined. Crews are focusing their probe connected the room area.

Two dogs were rescued from the wreckage, officials said.

Fire officials & neighbors recovered 2 missing dogs who were rescued from the Edgewood location explosion. The antheral surviving wrong the location suffered superior burns and is present recovering successful the hospital. @wjz pic.twitter.com/xkQs3m7tD6

— Rachel Menitoff (@RachelMenitoff) October 11, 2021

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