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Photos: House explosion in Rockville

March 18, 2017, 6:41 PM

A house in Rockville, Maryland, exploded Friday morning. This aerial photo captures the fire from the explosion. (Courtesy Seth Meyers)
A house in Rockville, Maryland, exploded Friday morning. This aerial photo captures the fire from the explosion. (Courtesy Seth Meyers)
Courtesy Seth Meyers
Ten homes and nine vehicles were damaged in the blast that leveled a Rockville, Maryland, house Friday morning. (Courtesy Seth Meyers)
Ten homes and nine vehicles were damaged in the blast that leveled a Rockville, Maryland, house Friday morning. (Courtesy Seth Meyers)
Courtesy Seth Meyers
Firefighters respond to a house fire on Ashley Drive in Rockville early Friday morning. The house exploded, raining debris onto nearby homes and scattering chunks of insulation and window screens and other materials in front of where they house once sat. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire Rescue)
Firefighters respond to a house fire on Ashley Drive in Rockville early Friday morning. The house exploded, raining debris onto nearby homes and scattering chunks of insulation and window screens and other materials in front of where they house once sat. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire Rescue)
Courtesy Montgomery County Fire Rescue
A Montgomery County, Maryland, house explosion was captured on a neighbor’s surveillance camera. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire Rescue)
In this photo provided by the Montgomery County fire & Rescue Service, emergency personnel work at the scene of a leveled house in Rockville, Md., Friday, March 17, 2017. Authorities said the explosion occurred about 1 a.m. Friday and reduced the home to a "pile of bricks." (Montgomery County fire & Rescue Service via AP)
In this photo provided by the Montgomery County fire & Rescue Service, emergency personnel work at the scene of a leveled house in Rockville, Md., Friday, March 17, 2017. Authorities said the explosion occurred about 1 a.m. Friday and reduced the home to a “pile of bricks.” (Montgomery County fire & Rescue Service via AP)
Montgomery County fire & Rescue Service via AP
Debris around a snow man, after an explosion in Rockville, Md., Friday, March 17, 2017. A house in a Maryland suburb of the nation's capital was leveled early Friday by a thunderous explosion heard for miles around, the blast shattering windows and causing other damage to several neighboring homes, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Debris around a snow man, after an explosion in Rockville, Md., Friday, March 17, 2017. A house in a Maryland suburb of the nation’s capital was leveled early Friday by a thunderous explosion heard for miles around, the blast shattering windows and causing other damage to several neighboring homes, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
A house with boarded windows is seen after a house next door exploded in Rockville, Md., Friday, March 17, 2017. A house in a Maryland suburb of the nation's capital was leveled early Friday by a thunderous explosion heard for miles around, the blast shattering windows and causing other damage to several neighboring homes, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
A house with boarded windows is seen after a house next door exploded in Rockville, Md., Friday, March 17, 2017. A house in a Maryland suburb of the nation’s capital was leveled early Friday by a thunderous explosion heard for miles around, the blast shattering windows and causing other damage to several neighboring homes, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
A house with boarded windows is seen after a house next door exploded in Rockville, Md., Friday, March 17, 2017. A house in a Maryland suburb of the nation's capital was leveled early Friday by a thunderous explosion heard for miles around, the blast shattering windows and causing other damage to several neighboring homes, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
A house with boarded windows is seen after a house next door exploded in Rockville, Md., Friday, March 17, 2017. A house in a Maryland suburb of the nation’s capital was leveled early Friday by a thunderous explosion heard for miles around, the blast shattering windows and causing other damage to several neighboring homes, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
A neighbor takes a picture of a leveled house as gas company crew assist police, after an explosion in Rockville, Md., Friday, March 17, 2017. A house in a Maryland suburb of the nation's capital was leveled early Friday by a thunderous explosion heard for miles around, the blast shattering windows and causing other damage to several neighboring homes, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
A neighbor takes a picture of a leveled house as gas company crew assist police, after an explosion in Rockville, Md., Friday, March 17, 2017. A house in a Maryland suburb of the nation’s capital was leveled early Friday by a thunderous explosion heard for miles around, the blast shattering windows and causing other damage to several neighboring homes, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
Montgomery County, Md. Police officers mark evidence near a house after an explosion in Rockville, Md., Friday, March 17, 2017. A house in a Maryland suburb of the nation's capital was leveled early Friday by a thunderous explosion heard for miles around, the blast shattering windows and causing other damage to several neighboring homes, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Montgomery County, Md. Police officers mark evidence near a house after an explosion in Rockville, Md., Friday, March 17, 2017. A house in a Maryland suburb of the nation’s capital was leveled early Friday by a thunderous explosion heard for miles around, the blast shattering windows and causing other damage to several neighboring homes, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
Authorities are investigating a Friday morning home explosion in Rockville. The blast "essentially leveled" the house. (WTOP/Nick Iannelli)
Authorities are investigating a Friday morning home explosion in Rockville. The blast “essentially leveled” the house. (WTOP/Nick Iannelli)
WTOP/Nick Iannelli
People walk through the wreckage left behind from a home explosion that took place Friday in Rockville, Md. (WTOP/Dennis Foley)
People walk through the wreckage left behind from a home explosion that took place Friday in Rockville, Md. (WTOP/Dennis Foley)
WTOP/Dennis Foley
A home was destroyed in an explosion that took place Friday in Rockville, Md. (WTOP/Dennis Foley)
A home was destroyed in an explosion that took place Friday in Rockville, Md. (WTOP/Dennis Foley)
WTOP/Dennis Foley
Equipment surrounds the scene of the home explosion that occurred Friday in Rockville, Md. (WTOP/Dennis Foley)
Equipment surrounds the scene of the home explosion that occurred Friday in Rockville, Md. (WTOP/Dennis Foley)
WTOP/Dennis Foley
Debris hangs from a tree near the site of a home that exploded Friday in Rockville, Maryland. (WTOP/Dennis Foley)
Debris hangs from a tree near the site of a home that exploded Friday in Rockville, Maryland. (WTOP/Dennis Foley)
WTOP/Dennis Foley
Caution tape surrounds the scene where a home exploded Friday in Rockville, Md. (WTOP/Dennis Foley)
Caution tape surrounds the scene where a home exploded Friday in Rockville, Md. (WTOP/Dennis Foley)
WTOP/Dennis Foley
Montgomery County Fire and other agencies were on the scene at Ashley Drive Saturday in the aftermath of a house explosion that occurred Friday morning. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire)
Montgomery County Fire and other agencies were on the scene at Ashley Drive Saturday in the aftermath of a house explosion that occurred Friday morning. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire)
Courtesy Montgomery County Fire
Police tape surrounds the area where the impact of the explosion hit. (WTOP/Jenny Glick)
Police tape surrounds the area where the impact of the explosion hit. (WTOP/Jenny Glick)
WTOP/Jenny Glick
The scene surrounded by police tape on Saturday afternoon. (WTOP/Jenny Glick)
WTOP/Jenny Glick
The scene surrounded by police tape on Saturday afternoon. (WTOP/Jenny Glick)
WTOP/Jenny Glick
Firefighters and investigators scope out the debris in the Randolph Hills neighborhood on Saturday. (WTOP/Jenny Glick)
WTOP/Jenny Glick
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A house in Rockville, Maryland, exploded Friday morning. This aerial photo captures the fire from the explosion. (Courtesy Seth Meyers)
Ten homes and nine vehicles were damaged in the blast that leveled a Rockville, Maryland, house Friday morning. (Courtesy Seth Meyers)
Firefighters respond to a house fire on Ashley Drive in Rockville early Friday morning. The house exploded, raining debris onto nearby homes and scattering chunks of insulation and window screens and other materials in front of where they house once sat. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire Rescue)
In this photo provided by the Montgomery County fire & Rescue Service, emergency personnel work at the scene of a leveled house in Rockville, Md., Friday, March 17, 2017. Authorities said the explosion occurred about 1 a.m. Friday and reduced the home to a "pile of bricks." (Montgomery County fire & Rescue Service via AP)
Debris around a snow man, after an explosion in Rockville, Md., Friday, March 17, 2017. A house in a Maryland suburb of the nation's capital was leveled early Friday by a thunderous explosion heard for miles around, the blast shattering windows and causing other damage to several neighboring homes, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
A house with boarded windows is seen after a house next door exploded in Rockville, Md., Friday, March 17, 2017. A house in a Maryland suburb of the nation's capital was leveled early Friday by a thunderous explosion heard for miles around, the blast shattering windows and causing other damage to several neighboring homes, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
A house with boarded windows is seen after a house next door exploded in Rockville, Md., Friday, March 17, 2017. A house in a Maryland suburb of the nation's capital was leveled early Friday by a thunderous explosion heard for miles around, the blast shattering windows and causing other damage to several neighboring homes, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
A neighbor takes a picture of a leveled house as gas company crew assist police, after an explosion in Rockville, Md., Friday, March 17, 2017. A house in a Maryland suburb of the nation's capital was leveled early Friday by a thunderous explosion heard for miles around, the blast shattering windows and causing other damage to several neighboring homes, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Montgomery County, Md. Police officers mark evidence near a house after an explosion in Rockville, Md., Friday, March 17, 2017. A house in a Maryland suburb of the nation's capital was leveled early Friday by a thunderous explosion heard for miles around, the blast shattering windows and causing other damage to several neighboring homes, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Authorities are investigating a Friday morning home explosion in Rockville. The blast "essentially leveled" the house. (WTOP/Nick Iannelli)
People walk through the wreckage left behind from a home explosion that took place Friday in Rockville, Md. (WTOP/Dennis Foley)
A home was destroyed in an explosion that took place Friday in Rockville, Md. (WTOP/Dennis Foley)
Equipment surrounds the scene of the home explosion that occurred Friday in Rockville, Md. (WTOP/Dennis Foley)
Debris hangs from a tree near the site of a home that exploded Friday in Rockville, Maryland. (WTOP/Dennis Foley)
Caution tape surrounds the scene where a home exploded Friday in Rockville, Md. (WTOP/Dennis Foley)
Montgomery County Fire and other agencies were on the scene at Ashley Drive Saturday in the aftermath of a house explosion that occurred Friday morning. (Courtesy Montgomery County Fire)
Police tape surrounds the area where the impact of the explosion hit. (WTOP/Jenny Glick)

WASHINGTON —  A house in Rockville, Maryland exploded Friday morning, leaving 10 homes and nine vehicles in the neighborhood damaged.

Officials said Saturday that remains of an adult and a pet were found in the ruins of the explosion. They have not confirmed if the remains belonged to the owner, and the owner has not been accounted for.

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