Deadly House Explosion in Harford Country Maryland Killing Two People and on Sunday Police Report

Tuesday, August 13th, 2024, 9:13 PM reporting from Monday, August 12th, 2024, 7:00 PM- First Responder Officials were contract to report to incident that happened in Harford County. Gas leak caused a deadly explosion is now being investigated by the Baltimore Gas and Electric Utility Company. One worker was severely injured, and the cause of the blast is currently yet unknown at this time.

Emergency Administrative Longistics Representatives contact in the area the incident struck to the scene of a deadly house explosion in Harford Country, Maryland, since Sunday.

“That was the house that sustained the most damage. However, … due to the blast radius, there’s going to be multiple structures,” Alkire said.

Law enforcement deputies on Monday recognized the victim's identified as Ray Cockran Jr., 73 the owner of the home, and Jose Rodriguez Alverado, 35, a contractor for Baltimore Gas and Electric Company.

Two victims had been claimed when the deadly incident rendered resulting in a volatile explosion on Sunday in Harford Country, Maryland, northeast of Baltimore, officials published their opinion shown online since last Sunday.

Details state information administrators virtually reported one person had died and two were severely injured on Sunday, before locating another victim pronounced deceased beneath the wreckage.

Record time Fire Department First Responder officers arrived on time was exactly 6:42 AM ET on the exterior of the home upon Arthurs Woods Drive in Bel Air, where police located a victim that didn't survive, Oliver Alkire of the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office commented throughout a news conference prior Sunday.

“However, as they were approaching the scene, they received multiple other phone calls stating that … this gas leak has been turned into … a house explosion,” Alkire said. The blast displaced at least 12 families, authorities say.

Baltimore Harford Energy Utility Company reported smelling a gas odor which was evidence of a gas leak in the suburban community and the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company unacknowledged danger, according to Alkire.

The gas and electric company’s contract workers, who were on the scene when the explosion happened, were initially called to an area nearby to address a separate issue of electrical problems at the time of the incident, he said.

The investigation still hasn't released the direct exact source what led to the explosion, whether it was accident or intentional. The House was listed for sale on the housing market by real estate agency.

“We are still vigorously processing the scene at this time,” Alkire said.

“While the victim has to be positively identified by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, investigators believe it to be the 73-year-old owner of the home,” the Maryland State Fire Marshal said on X of the second victim.

A neighbor beside another house living as a neighbor next door was inside at the she heard the explosion rip and was also affected severe injury from the threat of the blast, Alkire admitted.

“That was the house that sustained the most damage. However, … due to the blast radius, there’s going to be multiple structures,” Alkire said.

To a certain point of researched investigation continuing the injuries are undetermined according to fathom from a released statement from the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company.

Jeffrey Sexton, a spokesperson for the Harford County Fire and EMS, said the blast was “one of the largest explosions” he had seen.

Administrators shall conduct practice of the most major featured performed joint-case investigation involving exceptional operations, from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and nearby state authorities, Alkire replied.

Police elaborated a comment on their sheriff's department website released information in a notice relating reference to the house explosion. They said further search and rescue operations are still ongoing and are exercising efficient work performance as quick as possible of trained ability to clarify and answer on what led to the number of circumstances in the blast radius.