SILVER SPRING, Md. - Authorities say all known residents have been contacted and accounted for as investigators and search crews resume operations fire at a Silver Spring apartment complex the morning after an explosion and fire left over a dozen injured.Montgomery County Fire Chief Scott Goldstein said crews are still working to confirm that there were no visitors in the buildings at the time of the explosion.
Goldstein said 14 people suffered injuries in the blast -- three with serious injuries and 11 with minor injuries. Goldstein said one of the injured left the scene and went to work before calling 911.Goldstein said that while all residents were accounted for, the department is still working to confirm that there were no visitors in the building during the time of the explosion.A property maintenance worker in the building at the time of the explosion was injured.
Goldstein said investigators are speaking with the worker to see if the maintenance that was being performed may have led to the explosion.
At this time, no cause has been determined.Investigators and search crews have resumed operations Friday morning a day after an explosion and fire at a Silver Spring apartment building sent 10 people to the hospital and left several others unaccounted for.Goldstein said approximately 225 residents of all six buildings in the complex have been displaced from their homes at this time.He said the residents from the original three buildings – buildings 2405, 2401 and 2411 – were displaced immediately following the explosion.