Photos: Explosion at Baltimore High-Rise Leaves Several Injured
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A total of 23 people were rescued from the building and 21 construction workers were taken to hospitals for treatment of injuries, Baltimore Fire said. Two others refused emergency transport.
BGE said the building was mostly empty because it's a holiday week and due to remote work during the pandemic.
The two window washers were trapped on scaffolding knocked askew by the explosion, Baltimore Firefighters IAFF Local 734 and BGE said. Photos from the scene show the suspended scaffold dangling, lopsided, from the building.