SILVER SPRING — Lawsuits have been settled over a 2016 explosion that killed seven people and destroyed two apartment buildings in Silver Spring. The Washington Post reported that the settlement was reached Friday. The lawsuits stemmed from an explosion at Flower Branch ...

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The National Transportation Safety Board has scheduled a hearing to determine the probable cause of a fatal natural gas explosion more than two years ago.

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Maryland's two U.S. senators say federal investigators need to wrap up an inquiry into an explosion that destroyed two Washington, D.C.-area apartment buildings and killed seven people in 2016.

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SILVER SPRING — Federal investigators found a disconnected vent pipe in an apartment building that exploded last year, killing seven people and injuring dozens. But the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says the cause of the August 2016 ...

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WASHINGTON — Residents of a Maryland apartment complex where an explosion and fire killed seven people in August are suing the gas company and apartment management. Investigators have said that a buildup of natural gas caused the Aug. 10 explosion ...

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SILVER SPRING — Searchers are continuing to look for bodies five days after a massive explosion at a Maryland apartment building where people said they had been smelling gas. Authorities said eight people remain unaccounted for, and the identities of ...

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