Multiple people were hurt after a blast and massive fire at a Silver Spring apartment building Thursday.
PHOTOS: ‘Catastrophic damage’ after Silver Spring apartment blast, fire
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A child’s toy rests outside the Silver Spring apartment building that exploded and collapsed Thursday.
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Rubble remains after an explosion, fire and building collapse in Silver Spring, Maryland, Thursday.
(WTOP/Valerie Bonk)
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Thursday’s building explosion and collapse damaged adjacent apartments.
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Rubble remains after an explosion, fire and building collapse in Silver Spring, Maryland, Thursday.
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Firefighters work the scene using a K-9 to search, after an explosion and fire caused an apartment building to collapse in Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, March, 3, 2022. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service reports that multiple people were critically hurt in the fire that started at about 10:30 a.m. at a four-story building at the Friendly Garden Apartments in Silver Spring, Md.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Firefighters work the scene after an explosion and fire caused an apartment building to collapse in Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, March, 3, 2022. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service reports that multiple people were critically hurt in the fire that started at about 10:30 a.m. at a four-story building at the Friendly Garden Apartments in Silver Spring, Md.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Firefighters work the scene after an explosion and fire caused an apartment building to collapse in Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, March, 3, 2022. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service reports that multiple people were critically hurt in the fire that started at about 10:30 a.m. at a four-story building at the Friendly Garden Apartments in Silver Spring, Md.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Charred rubble is seen after an apartment building collapsed after an explosion this morning in Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, March, 3, 2022. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service reports that multiple people were critically hurt in the fire that started at about 10:30 a.m. at a four-story building at the Friendly Garden Apartments in Silver Spring, Md.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Firefighters walk out of an apartment building as they work to extinguish an apartment building that collapsed after an explosion this morning in Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, March, 3, 2022. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service reports that multiple people were critically hurt in the fire that started at about 10:30 a.m. at a four-story building at the Friendly Garden Apartments in Silver Spring, Md.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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A partially melted child’s toy is seen as firefighters work the scene after an explosion and fire caused an apartment building to collapse in Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, March, 3, 2022. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service reports that multiple people were critically hurt in the fire that started at about 10:30 a.m. at a four-story building at the Friendly Garden Apartments in Silver Spring, Md.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Charred rubble is seen after an apartment building collapsed after an explosion this morning in Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, March, 3, 2022. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service reports that multiple people were critically hurt in the fire that started at about 10:30 a.m. at a four-story building at the Friendly Garden Apartments in Silver Spring, Md.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Firefighters work the scene after an explosion and fire caused an apartment building to collapse in Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, March, 3, 2022. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service reports that multiple people were critically hurt in the fire that started at about 10:30 a.m. at a four-story building at the Friendly Garden Apartments in Silver Spring, Md.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Charred rubble is seen after an apartment building collapsed after an explosion this morning in Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, March, 3, 2022. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service reports that multiple people were critically hurt in the fire that started at about 10:30 a.m. at a four-story building at the Friendly Garden Apartments in Silver Spring, Md.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Montgomery County, Md. firefighters work to extinguish charred rubble after an apartment building collapsed after an explosion this morning in Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, March, 3, 2022. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service reports that multiple people were critically hurt in the fire that started at about 10:30 a.m. at a four-story building at the Friendly Garden Apartments in Silver Spring, Md.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Charred rubble is seen after an apartment building collapsed after an explosion this morning in Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, March, 3, 2022. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service reports that multiple people were critically hurt in the fire that started at about 10:30 a.m. at a four-story building at the Friendly Garden Apartments in Silver Spring, Md.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Charred rubble is seen after an apartment building collapsed after an explosion this morning in Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, March, 3, 2022. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service reports that multiple people were critically hurt in the fire that started at about 10:30 a.m. at a four-story building at the Friendly Garden Apartments in Silver Spring, Md.
(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Charred rubble is seen after an apartment building collapsed after an explosion this morning in Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, March, 3, 2022. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service reports that multiple people were critically hurt in the fire that started at about 10:30 a.m. at a four-story building at the Friendly Garden Apartments in Silver Spring, Md.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Charred rubble is seen after an apartment building collapsed after an explosion this morning in Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, March, 3, 2022. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service reports that multiple people were critically hurt in the fire that started at about 10:30 a.m. at a four-story building at the Friendly Garden Apartments in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Charred rubble is seen after an apartment building collapsed after an explosion this morning in Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, March, 3, 2022. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service reports that multiple people were critically hurt in the fire that started at about 10:30 a.m. at a four-story building at the Friendly Garden Apartments in Silver Spring, Md.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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An apartment building collapsed after an explosion this morning in Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, March, 3, 2022. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service reports that multiple people were critically hurt in the fire that started at about 10:30 a.m. at a four-story building at the Friendly Garden Apartments in Silver Spring, Md.
(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Charred rubble is seen after an apartment building collapsed after an explosion this morning in Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, March, 3, 2022. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service reports that multiple people were critically hurt in the fire that started at about 10:30 a.m. at a four-story building at the Friendly Garden Apartments in Silver Spring, Md.
(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Charred rubble is seen after an apartment building collapsed after an explosion this morning in Silver Spring, Md., Thursday, March, 3, 2022. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service reports that multiple people were critically hurt in the fire that started at about 10:30 a.m. at a four-story building at the Friendly Garden Apartments in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Montgomery County firefighters still putting out hotspots around the unit that exploded this morning in Silver Spring. pic.twitter.com/A6ZLtPomfS
— Megan Cloherty (@ClohertyWTOP) March 3, 2022
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The smoldering rubble of the Friendly Garden Apartments on March 3, 2022 after the massive fire in the four-story apartment building.
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Smoldering rubble at the scene of the fire.
(Courtesy Montgomery County)
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On the scene of an explosion and fire at the Friendly Garden Apartment building on Lyttonsville Rd in Silver Spring. @WTOP pic.twitter.com/34vY9VKRnz
— Mike Murillo (@MikeMurilloWTOP) March 3, 2022
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Authorities shepherded displaced residents onto Ride On buses.
(WTOP/Megan Cloherty)
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Hugs and prayers after the fire.
(WTOP/Megan Cloherty)
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Firefighters battle heavy flames at the Friendly Garden Apartments in Silver Spring.
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Heavy flames at the scene of the Silver Spring apartment fire March 3, 2022.
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Multiple people have been injured in an explosion, fire and building collapse in Silver Spring, Maryland, Thursday morning.
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Walls collapsed at a Silver Spring apartment building fire Thursday.
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Heavy flames at the scene of the Silver Spring apartment fire March 3, 2022.
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Heavy flames at the scene of the Silver Spring apartment fire March 3, 2022.
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Firefighters work to put out the flames.
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