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More than $600K raised for victims of Silver Spring apartment fire 09/09/2016 12:01pm • SILVER SPRING, Md. – A group working to raise money for victims of last month's deadly explosion at an apartment complex in Silver Spring, Maryland, has raised more than $600,000. Montgomery Housing Partnership has been working with 55 families identified by the Red Cross as being displaced Silver Spring victims plan to sue over apartment blast 09/07/2016 03:55pm • WASHINGTON — Victims of a fire caused by a natural gas explosion last month at a Silver Spring, Maryland, apartment complex plan to sue to seek compensation and legislative changes. The group CASA, which advocates for low-income women, workers and tenants, made the announcement in a news confer Silver Spring fire victims get financial recovery help 09/02/2016 07:29am • SILVER SPRING, Md. — Banking documents, a baby’s birth records, a Social Security card. For some of the families displaced after last month’s deadly explosion and fire at a Silver Spring apartment complex, Thursday’s workshop at the Long Branch Community Center was the first chance to sit d Zumbathon held for victims of deadly Silver Spring apartment explosion 08/28/2016 06:59pm • TAKOMA PARK, Md. — On Sunday, the Zumba community in Takoma Park came together to help others by doing what they love to do — Zumba. They were dancing and sweating for hours, while raising money for victims of the deadly apartment explosion in Silver Spring. The two-hour Zumbathon was held a 6th victim identified from Silver Spring apartment explosion 08/25/2016 05:05pm • WASHINGTON — Montgomery County police said Thursday they have identified a sixth person who died in a late-night explosion and three-alarm fire at a Silver Spring apartment complex on Aug. 10 Montgomery Co. police positively identified Aseged Mekonen as one of seven people who died in an explo Fire crews partially evacuate Silver Spring apt. over high levels of carbon monoxide 08/25/2016 02:36pm • WASHINGTON — Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service partially evacuated a 12-story apartment building in Silver Spring Thursday morning after crews detected high levels of carbon monoxide that had sickened some residents. EMS crews were originally called to the Pineway Towers condos at 8830 Group working to distribute donations to Silver Spring explosion victims 08/25/2016 11:16am • SILVER SPRING, Md. — A group working with Montgomery County to raise money for victims who lost everything in an explosion at an apartment complex has begun the process of distributing donations to those in need. "We have received over $400,000 in donations," said Ilana Branda, the policy and Zumba fundraiser will benefit Silver Spring fire victims 08/25/2016 04:13am • WASHINGTON — Displaced victims of the deadly Flower Branch Apartments fire and explosion earlier this month have a long way to go toward recovery — and there's a Zumba-related fundraiser for them this weekend. The Zumbathon Fundraiser will be on Sunday, Aug. 28 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Washington Montgomery Co. officials ID 2 children who died in Silver Spring apt. fire 08/23/2016 04:04pm • WASHINGTON — Montgomery County police have positively identified the remains of two children who were among seven people who died in an Aug. 10 three-alarm fire at a Silver Spring apartment complex. Deibi “David” Samir Lainez Morales, 8, and Fernando Josue Hernandez Orellana, 3, were positi Families wait as challenge continues in identifying Silver Spring fire victims 08/20/2016 12:03am • WASHINGTON — Desperate to hear about their loved ones feared dead in a Silver Spring apartment explosion and fire, some family members are frustrated with the time it is taking to identify the victims. The process in identifying the victims of the Silver Spring apartment explosion and fire ha Natural gas explosion led to Silver Spring apt. fire, ATF says 08/19/2016 11:46am • WASHINGTON — A natural gas explosion in a basement meter room was the cause of a three-alarm fire that engulfed a Silver Spring apartment complex last week and killed seven people, officials confirmed Friday. The natural gas fed the blaze that consumed the buildings, said Daniel Board, the head Sources: Natural gas a factor in Silver Spring apartment complex explosion 08/18/2016 05:20pm • WASHINGTON — Natural gas was a factor in the deadly explosion and fire at a Silver Spring apartment complex last week, sources close to the investigation tell WTOP. At least seven people were killed in the explosion at the Flower Branch Apartments, on Piney Branch Road in Silver Spring Aug 10. NTSB launches Silver Spring investigation as search for answers continues 08/17/2016 03:54pm • WASHINGTON — A week after an explosion and fire ripped through a Silver Spring apartment complex, investigators say they're getting one step closer to identifying a cause for the deadly blaze and to identifying seven bodies that have been pulled from the wreckage. The Montgomery County Fire a Confusion surrounds debit cards for Silver Spring fire survivors 08/16/2016 11:07pm • WASHINGTON — Some survivors of the deadly explosion and fire at Flower Branch Apartments were suspicious of receiving debit cards from their former landlord, but an immigrant advocacy group is helping to dispel those concerns. "These cards that they were receiving were for financial aid," sai Officials closer to ID’ing bodies in Silver Spring apartment explosion 08/16/2016 08:00pm • SILVER SPRING, Md. — Officials said Tuesday they’re close to identifying the victims of an explosion and fire that ripped through a Silver Spring apartment complex last week. “We're hopeful that the identification process will be moving much further forward in the next couple of days,” Mo