A Baltimore Gas and Electric contractor and a 73-year-old man believed to be a homeowner died in a house explosion Sunday morning in Harford County.
BALTIMORE-- A neighbor was also injured and 12 families in the community have been displaced.Oliver Alkire, from the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office, said the house was for sale, and the wheelchair-bound homeowner was expected to meet with a realtor.'He was home, from my understanding and the information we received, he was actually preparing to list his home for sale today,' Alkire said. 'He was actually prepared to meet with a realtor today and list that today.
I thought a bomb exploded,' said Kathy Genova, who lives near the explosion site.Multiple homeowners nearby reported broken windows and seeing debris falling from the sky.'I woke up and the windows were all out of place,' Genova said. Neighbors are rattled after learning about the explosion that killed a BGE contractor. 'I got out of my house and everyone in my neighborhood was basically like what just happened,' neighbor Katie Hershel said.
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