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Crews cleared damage left behind by Wednesday s explosion at the Baltimore Gas and Electric building downtown.A high-rise crane was brought in Saturday morning part by part and was assembled to remove the scaffolding from which two workers were rescued after the explosion. This is a very large crane. It s from out of the service area. It came in on 20 flatbed trucks, BGE spokesman Aaron Koos said.The crane placed the scaffolding on the ground for crews to disassemble, and police reopened streets shortly before 6 p.m. It s actually moving very quickly. It will probably be until sunset tonight that they ll get it all down, Koos said. Overall effort, there s probably more than 100 people involved. Wednesday morning s explosion on the 16th floor caused a partial roof collapse and damage to six floors. There s a lot of repairs to be made. Fortunately, between the pandemic, remote work and the holiday season, we don t have a lot of people in the building right now, which is a good
21 people hospitalized after Baltimore building explodes, 2 workers trapped on scaffolding rescued
BGE building explodes in downtown Baltimore, injuring several
By: WMAR Staff & Scripps National
Posted at 4:13 PM, Dec 23, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-23 19:16:46-05
BALTIMORE â Baltimore City Fire officials are investigating a Wednesday morning explosion at the BGE office building downtown.
In total, 23 people were rescued from various parts of the building.
Fire officials say 21 of them have been taken to the hospital. At least nine are in serious or critical condition.
According to a statement, BGE said the 21 contractors were treated at area hospitals for non-life-threatening injuries.
BGE said two individuals rescued were window washers who became trapped high atop a scaffold on the side of the building.