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Photos: Apartment explosion in Silver Spring

Parallel operations continue at the Flower Branch apartments in Silver Spring: a search and recovery for the remains of residents as well as any clues indicating the cause and origin of the explosion that ripped through the complex in the late-night hours of Aug. 10. (WTOP/Megan Cloherty)
Parallel operations continue at the Flower Branch apartments in Silver Spring: a search and recovery for the remains of residents as well as any clues indicating the cause and origin of the explosion that ripped through the complex in the late-night hours of Aug. 10. (WTOP/Megan Cloherty)
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Parallel operations continue at the Flower Branch apartments in Silver Spring: a search and recovery for the remains of residents as well as any clues indicating the cause and origin of the explosion that ripped through the complex in the late-night hours of Aug. 10. (WTOP/Megan Cloherty)
Crews with canine unit focus on a corner of the Flower Branch apartments in Silver Spring, Maryland. An explosion and fire tore through the apartment complex in the late night hours of Aug. 10. At least five people died in the blast, police said Aug. 14. (WTOP/Megan Cloherty)
A third body was found on Friday, Aug. 12 in the rubble caused by a fire and explosion in a Silver Spring apartment complex. (WTOP/Dennis Foley)
Flowers left outside of the the Flower Branch apartments after an explosion and fire destroyed the building and left at least three people dead. (WTOP/Dennis Foley)
Recovery, clean-up and investigation continue on Saturday, Aug. 13 after the Silver Spring fire and explosion. (WTOP/Dennis Foley)
Crews use a crane to clear wreckage at the Flower Branch Apartments in Silver Spring. (WTOP/Nick Iannelli)
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