Five in critical condition after explosion crumbles apartments in U.S. Maryland

STORY: Five in critical condition after explosion crumbles apartments in U.S. Maryland DATELINE: March 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:41 LOCATION: Washington, D.C. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the explosion site STORYLINE: Five people are in critical condition after an explosion ripped through parts of an apartment building in Montgomery County, the U.S. state of Maryland, on Thursday morning. One section of the four-story apartment complex, just several kilometers outside of Washington, D.C., was leveled into a pile of rubbles. Firefighters rushed to the scene at about 10:30 a.m. (1530 GMT) and helped some residents escape before the building was consumed by fire and collapsed, according to Montgomery County Fire Chief Scott Goldstein. Goldstein also told reporters about 125 to 150 firefighters had responded to the scene, adding that "it's too early to speculate" on a cause. Seven or eight people have less serious injuries, and some of them were transported to the hospital, Montgomery County Fire

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