SILVER SPRING, Md. — A Maryland fire official says multiple people are injured after an explosion and fire at a Maryland apartment building.
Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service spokesperson Pete Piringer says firefighters responded to a report of an explosion and fire at the four-story building in Silver Spring around 10:30 a.m. and found heavy fire showing from several floors.
He says firefighters made a number of rescues and there are multiple injuries, some of them serious.
Video from the scene showed flames shooting from the roof of a brick garden-style apartment building and debris on the ground surrounding the building.
Piringer says there was heavy structural damage and a collapse. He says the fire has been contained.
