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Police find 7th body after Silver Spring apartment fire, explosion 08/16/2016 08:00pm • WASHINGTON — A seventh body has been found within a damaged building of a Silver Spring apartment complex on Tuesday, where a fatal fire and explosion took place last week, Montgomery County police said. None of the victims found in the aftermath have been identified yet. A sixth body was foun Schools work to help kids affected by Silver Spring apartment fire 08/16/2016 05:31am • SILVER SPRING, Md. — As adults grappled with the loss of life and destruction from the explosion and fire at a Silver Spring apartment complex, children affected by the blast are, perhaps, having a tougher time trying to make sense of the event. Nineteen of the children affected by the fatal  Survivors of deadly Md. apartment explosion seek answers 08/16/2016 05:22am • SILVER SPRING, Md. -- Survivors of the Silver Spring apartment complex explosion wanted answers at a community meeting Monday night as they try to figure out what happens next. The meeting, which was closed to the media, was held at the Long Branch Community Center, which is also serving as a How to help victims of the Silver Spring apartment explosion, fire 08/15/2016 01:50pm • WASHINGTON — Following a Wednesday night explosion and three-alarm fire at the Flower Branch Apartments in Silver Spring, Maryland, that killed two people and injured dozens more, about 100 residents of the two four-story apartment buildings have been displaced. County officials stress reside Gas lines being tested around site of Silver Spring apartment explosion 08/15/2016 12:24pm • SILVER SPRING, Md. -- Utility crews went Monday morning to the scene of the Silver Spring explosion to test gas lines that are situated around the apartment complex where the deadly blast occurred last week. Employees with Washington Gas could be seen walking around the perimeter of the apartment Residents give 'spiritual, emotional' support for Md. apartment fire victims 08/15/2016 12:13am • SILVER SPRING, Md. -- In the simmering Sunday heat, residents and supporters held a brief march and gathered to show solidarity with those affected by last week’s explosion and fire that rocked an apartment complex in Silver Spring, Maryland. At least five are confirmed dead and a number of oth 5th body found after apartment explosion; search continues 08/14/2016 10:00pm • SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A fifth body was recovered after an explosion and fire at an apartment complex in Maryland, authorities said Sunday as firefighters continued amid sweltering heat to comb through the rubble to search for several others who remain missing. The explosion late Wednesday Police release photos of residents missing in Silver Spring explosion 08/14/2016 01:44pm • WASHINGTON — On Saturday, police released photos of eight residents who still have not been accounted after an explosion and fire blasted through a community in Silver Spring on Wednesday. Montgomery County police circulated details about five adults and two children with hopes of determining Police: Four bodies have been found in debris of Silver Spring blast 08/14/2016 10:30am • WASHINGTON — A third body was found in the remains of a Silver Spring apartment Friday following an explosion and fire Wednesday, Montgomery County police said in a news release. At a news conference earlier Friday, Montgomery County Assistant Police Chief Russ Hamill said police believe “a What you need to do if you smell natural gas 08/13/2016 02:36pm • SILVER SPRING, Md. — The tragic and fatal fire and explosion at an apartment complex in Silver Spring offers a reminder about the hazards of natural gas. Natural gas is odorless by nature, but utility companies add a rotten egg odor so residents and customers can notice if there is a leak in o 911 calls capture moments surrounding Md. apartment fire 08/13/2016 02:12am • WASHINGTON — Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service has released recordings of 911 calls made during Wednesday night's apartment complex fire and explosion, revealing the frantic scene that resulted in three confirmed deaths and 100 displaced residents. In the three recordings, which were Victims scramble to recover following deadly Md. fire 08/12/2016 06:23am • SILVER SPRING, Md. — They grabbed what they could and got out. That's what residents of the Flower Branch Apartments say they did when they heard the explosion and watched as fire tore through the apartment complex in the early hours of Thursday morning. The day after, Thursday, those who were Police: Number of people missing still unknown after deadly Md. apartment explosion 08/11/2016 09:55pm • WASHINGTON — The number of people missing remains unknown after a deadly explosion and three-alarm fire ripped through an apartment complex in Silver Spring, Maryland, late Wednesday night, Montgomery County officials said Thursday evening. Officials continued to press for the public's help in loc Md. apartment complex residents recall horrific explosion, fire 08/11/2016 12:55pm • SILVER SPRING, Md. – A deadly fire and explosion damaged a Silver Spring apartment complex early Thursday morning, and its residents made their way back to the area to get a better look at the destruction in the daylight. About 90 people have been displaced after a fire and explosion severely d Residents still missing after Md. apt. explosion, fire kills 2 08/11/2016 11:49am • WASHINGTON — Emergency crews recovered two bodies from the rubble of the Flower Branch Apartments in Silver Spring, Maryland, Thursday afternoon after an explosion and three-alarm fire tore through the apartment complex in the overnight hours. The victims have not yet been identified, and sev