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Baltimore home explodes, leaving three people in serious condition

By Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Jeff Zymeri

Published November 22, 2022

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Three people are critically injured after a rowhome exploded Tuesday afternoon in a Baltimore neighborhood, officials say.

The blast happened at a home in the 1100 block of Bayard Street in the Pigtown neighborhood in Baltimore shortly after 2 p.m.

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    The cause of the explosion remains under investigation. (Baltimore City Fire Department)

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    Building inspectors remain on the scene to evaluate the stability of adjacent homes to determine if residents are able to enter. (Baltimore City Fire Department)

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    The extensive damage to a house on Baltimore's Bayard Street. (Baltimore City Fire Department)

The Baltimore Fire Department said the collapse caused a gas line to rupture sparking a massive fire.

When firefighters arrived, they found three people trapped beneath rubble from the collapse and explosion.

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According to the fire department, a 70-year-old man was trying to help two 16 and 48-year-old women who were inside the house at the time of the collapse.

All three victims were immediately transported to the hospital for treatment. 

Baltimore Fire said that all three victims were "considered critical," but have not released an update on their condition.

Fire fighters in Baltimore

A large group of firefighters were deployed to the scene. (Baltimore City Fire Department)

"The fire is now under control. BGE is on scene digging in the street to gain access to gas lines. An excavator has been requested and en route to assist," Councilwoman Phylicia Porter said. 

"At the present time, possibly three families may need to be relocated. Housing and Red Cross are on scene assisting those families."

Baltimore Gas and Electric said in a statement that it completed upgrades in October to the gas main that services the site of the explosion. 

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A house next to the one that collapsed may have structural damage.

Sarah Rumpf-Whitten is a U.S. Writer at Fox News Digital. 

Since joining in 2021, she’s covered high-stakes criminal justice—from the Menendez brothers’ resentencing, where Judge Jesic slashed their life-without-parole terms to 50-years-to-life (making them parole-eligible), to the assassination attempts on President Donald Trump's life and shifting immigration enforcement, including her reporting on South Florida’s illegal-immigration crisis, covering unprecedented migrant crossings from the Bahamas and ensuing enforcement operations.

Beyond those beats, she reports on crime, politics, business, lifestyle, world news, and more—delivering both breaking updates and in-depth analysis across Fox News Digital. You can follow her on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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