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Major explosion in Baltimore, adults and children trapped, reports say
Fox News ^ | August 10, 2020 | James Rogers, Robert Gearty | Fox News

Posted on 08/10/2020 7:58:51 AM PDT by rdl6989

Fox Baltimore reports that medical units have been called to the scene and Baltimore County firefighters have been called to help.

“Several houses exploded. At least 5 people trapped, some children.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: baltimore; explosion; maryland
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To: rdl6989

Media/Dems covering for Antifa/BLM not ruled out, but poorly maintained or jerry-rigged gas lines certainly a good possibility in Baltimordor.


21 posted on 08/10/2020 8:32:19 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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To: rdl6989

Baltimore CBS local live stream

https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/08/10/explosion-rocks-northwest-baltimore-latest/


22 posted on 08/10/2020 8:33:19 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: rdl6989

...Gas explosion per local news.

Yup, acetone vapors


23 posted on 08/10/2020 8:34:44 AM PDT by HangnJudge
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To: rdl6989

More ANFO ?


24 posted on 08/10/2020 8:35:54 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: servo1969

Looks like a gas leak to me. The houses were atomized from a distributed explosion. The gas/oxygen mixture fills every room of every house and it all detonates at once. If there were a single point of detonation the debris field wouldn’t look like an airplane crash.


25 posted on 08/10/2020 8:37:53 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (You are in far greater danger from authoritarian government than you are from a seasonal virus.)
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To: Dutch Boy
Utility pole transformers have a service life expectancy of 50 years. 90 percent of them in service today are over 75 years old in most areas.

Mitsubishi and several other players are frantically building factories and sourcing materials and skilled labor to keep up with what is expected to be catastrophic failures and the needed replacements.

26 posted on 08/10/2020 8:38:50 AM PDT by blackdog (If you must cut a tree, plant two. It's just decency.)
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To: Pajamajan

Amen.

Prayers up.


27 posted on 08/10/2020 8:39:57 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: rdl6989

That’s about a mile or two away from me. My whole apartment shuddered at about the time of the explosion. At the time, I thought it was my upstairs neighbor having dropped some large free weights, but now I believe it was the explosion which caused the entire building to shake, like a bomb had hit. Ugh, scary. It’s usually so very peaceful here.


28 posted on 08/10/2020 8:42:02 AM PDT by EinNYC
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To: rdl6989

God help them.


29 posted on 08/10/2020 8:42:23 AM PDT by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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To: Dutch Boy

Looks like a bunch of broken windows, in the homes surrounding the blast area, in pic after your post.

:-(

Prayers.


30 posted on 08/10/2020 8:42:27 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Pajamajan

Yes, prayers especially for the innocents!


31 posted on 08/10/2020 8:42:45 AM PDT by NEMDF
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To: rdl6989

Buildings on the entire block have damage. Windows blown out, bricks loosened, etc.


32 posted on 08/10/2020 8:44:13 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: rdl6989

If it was a gas explosion something would be burning.... until they got the gas off.


33 posted on 08/10/2020 8:44:32 AM PDT by kjam22
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
The leaks in the ground follow the path of the pipes. The gas enters the basements from outside the pipes, filling basements slowly. Eventually someone's hot water heater sparks the ignitor at just the right concentration, and kaboom.

It's a good idea to use a cigarette lighter once a month, turn it on and closely follow all your exposed pipes and where they enter your building. When the flame suddenly gets bigger and brighter, you have leaking gas. My brother in law is a plumber. That's how he does it. Taught me the same.

34 posted on 08/10/2020 8:46:27 AM PDT by blackdog (If you must cut a tree, plant two. It's just decency.)
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To: servo1969

The buildings don’t look like houses. Are they apartment buildings?


35 posted on 08/10/2020 8:51:18 AM PDT by Tai_Chung
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To: blackdog

Interesting. How close do you hold the lighter?


36 posted on 08/10/2020 8:53:04 AM PDT by GnuThere
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To: blackdog

If it was all in the basements they might not have smelled the methyl mercaptan unless somebody went down there.


37 posted on 08/10/2020 8:56:14 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (You are in far greater danger from authoritarian government than you are from a seasonal virus.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Gas leaks are very frightening. Gas fumes can accumulate anywhere and one little spark and...


38 posted on 08/10/2020 9:01:00 AM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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To: GnuThere

Right on the pipes, attention to joints and entry points thru the walls especially. When the flame grows in size, bingo. Gas leak. Of course do not do this if there is a strong gas odor. That’s self explanatory of course. But if you have that occasional Whiff and can’t nail it down, that’s how you find it. Then you know where to do the soapy water bubbles check. You would be amazed at how much gas is leaking from fittings.


39 posted on 08/10/2020 9:03:41 AM PDT by blackdog (If you must cut a tree, plant two. It's just decency.)
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To: Tai_Chung

They are old row houses, the same as townhouses.


40 posted on 08/10/2020 9:08:06 AM PDT by RealVirginia
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