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Albemarle County Fire Rescue held a press conference at 12:30 p.m. on August 20 to provide new details on a house explosion the day before that killed one and left one injured.
New details are emerging regarding the Albemarle County home explosion that occurred on Tuesday in the Glenmore neighborhood in Keswick.
Baltimore County Police have deployed their Fire & Explosion Investigation team after a patrol cruiser was set fire overnight Tuesday in Parkville.
The Winston-Salem Police Department and Fire Department said they're responding to what was described as a "large vehicle fire" on University Parkway. It is not clear what led to the fire. Police have not said if anyone was hurt. WXII has a crew headed to the scene. We will update you with more information as soon as it is available.
Upon conclusion of the forensic origin and cause examination, the cause of the fire and subsequent explosions was determined to be a compressed natural gas (CNG) cylinder that was punctured by an adjacent control panel for a hydraulic lift, as a Sun Metro bus unintentionally fell off a hydraulic lift, the report stated.
An explosion aboard a cargo vessel in Patapsco River caused no injuries late Monday and is under investigation, Baltimore and federal officials said.
No one was injured in the explosion, which occurred aboard a bulk carrier ship near the site of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in 2024.
The blast happened near the site of last year's deadly Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, the Coast Guard said, and the resulting fire was extinguished.