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Wicked Blue

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2. NBCWashington now reports 10 taken to hospitals

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Mar 3, 2022, 02:59 PM

Mar 2022

At least 10 people were taken to hospitals, some critically injured, after an explosion and a fire erupted at apartments in Silver Spring, Maryland, Thursday morning, consuming homes in a fireball and collapsing a building, officials said
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Five people are in critical condition and seven or eight people have less serious injuries, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer said, calling the disaster a "mass casualty incident."

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/multiple-injuries-reported-in-explosion-fire-at-silver-spring-apartment-building-officials/2989111/

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Silver Spring explosion: Multiple injuries reported in apartment building blast [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2022 OP

"Whoa, here it is in Silver Spring" mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2022 #1

NBCWashington now reports 10 taken to hospitals Wicked Blue Mar 2022 #2

Silver Spring apartment explosion sends 10 to hospital, leaves others missing mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2022 #3