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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 Photos: Apartment explosion in Silver Spring 08/11/2016 09:21am • photos-apt-explosion-in-silver-spring Will small craft beer get too big? Samuel Adams' Jim Koch on the future of the industry 06/09/2016 05:41pm • WASHINGTON — Walk into any bar and you’re bound to find more than a couple of craft beers — but it wasn’t always that way. Thirty years ago, if you wanted a premium beer at an average bar, you had to buy a European beer. But that all changed when Jim Koch, founder of The Boston Beer Compa Candlelight vigil in Silver Spring honors San Bernardino victims, calls for peace 12/05/2015 01:45am • SILVER SPRING, Md.-- A candlelight vigil in Silver Spring, Maryland, honored the 14 people killed in San Bernardino, California, earlier this week. Held at the Muslim Community Center, Muslim and non-Muslim community leaders gathered to pray for those affected by the attack and to call for a united Silver Spring water main break repaired 08/12/2015 04:45pm • WASHINGTON — A water main break that flooded several Silver Spring businesses Wednesday has been repaired but Flower Avenue remains closed to traffic. Customers also once again have service, according to the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission. However Flower Avenue is closed betw