Baltimore Explosion Leaves Behind Casualties, Injuries, and Debris

This area’s gas infrastructure was installed in the early 1960s. When aging pipes fail, they tend to make headlines.

Last year, a gas explosion ripped the facade off a Maryland office complex in Columbia, affecting more than 20 businesses. No one was injured in the explosion early on a Sunday morning.

In 2016, a gas main break forced the evacuation of the Baltimore County Circuit Courthouse.

Under Armour Inc. had to evacuate its Baltimore office after a gas main break in 2012.

BGE said in a statement late Monday that its most recent inspection of the gas mains and services in the area occurred in June and July of 2019 and did not identify any leaks.

Baltimore City Council President Brandon Scott said he needs “the entire city of Baltimore right now to focus on hopeful prayers for those individuals that have been impacted by this”.

“I want everybody in the city really to rally around those individuals that are still fighting for their lives,” he said at a news conference. 

(Writers: Julio Cortez, Natha Ellgren) 

Source: https://apnews.com/42cb919592a81a4b02f6e2ea30831eb2