Multiple people remained unaccounted for Thursday afternoon, hours after a four-story apartment building collapsed outside of Washington D.C. and injured 10 people, three of whom are critically-ill.
Fire Chief Scott Goldstein, of the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, announced in a news conference on Thursday afternoon that ‘several’ residents were unaccounted for after fire officials conducted a second sweep of the Friendly Garden Apartment complex in Silver Spring, Maryland. He said he couldn’t say exactly how many, as the situation remains ‘in flux.’
The fire was first reported at the apartment complex at around 10.30am, after an explosion tore through one of the buildings, with video posted online showing a fireball and cloud of smoke pushing through the outer wall of the structure as rumble sounds echoed.