An explosion in the boiler room at the McDonogh School in Owings Mills injured three people, including a student.Fire officials said an explosion around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday damaged the smokestack for the boiler room. Maryland Occupational Safety and Health officials are investigating."There was no fire. There was some kind of explosion," Baltimore County fire spokeswoman Elise Armacost said. "They found bricks strewn throughout the vicinity. The top of that tower have been blown off."Fire officials said one adult and one child were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. A third person, an adult, was evaluated at the scene but not taken to a hospital. Both adults were in the boiler room area, where the explosion occurred, fire officials said.McDonogh officials released a statement around 12:15 p.m., saying: "At approximately 8:30 a.m., an explosion occurred in the school's boiler room while work was being performed by an outside contractor. The explosion caused a partial collapse of the adjacent smokestack."All students, faculty and staff are safe. One student sustained a minor injury. The student was evaluated at a local hospital and released. Two outside contractors also sustained minor injuries, one of them was transported to a local hospital for evaluation as well."The area of the explosion has been cordoned off. While the campus was deemed safe by first responders, McDonogh decided to take the safest course of action and students were dismissed at 11:00 a.m. All afternoon and evening activities are canceled."We have contacted a structural engineer to assess the building and ensure that the surrounding area is safe.""As far as any continuing emergency, we feel pretty confident that that has been mitigated now and it's a matter for the school and the police to see what the cause was," Armacost said.As a precaution, students were dismissed at 11 a.m., and all afternoon activities were canceled."I could hear the sound. I was inside a couple buildings away and I could hear the sound. I was walking in the basement of the Naylor Building and I walked upstairs and I saw the smoke cloud and the whole smoke tower in half. It was crazy," said Roc Damico, a student.Officials encouraged people to avoid the area of McDonogh Road.Baltimore Gas and Electric spokesman Nick Alexopoulous said no BGE equipment was involved in the incident. School officials said they have contacted a structural engineer to assess the building and ensure that the surrounding area is safe.

An explosion in the boiler room at the McDonogh School in Owings Mills injured three people, including a student.



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#bcofd EXPLOSION// 8600 blk Mcdonogh Rd// FD crews enroute to reported explosion at the McDonogh School campus//Injuries have been reported//PIO enroute. DT0831 ^TF — Baltimore County Fire Department (@BaltCoFire) September 18, 2019


Fire officials said an explosion around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday damaged the smokestack for the boiler room. Maryland Occupational Safety and Health officials are investigating.

"There was no fire. There was some kind of explosion," Baltimore County fire spokeswoman Elise Armacost said. "They found bricks strewn throughout the vicinity. The top of that tower have been blown off."

Fire officials said one adult and one child were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. A third person, an adult, was evaluated at the scene but not taken to a hospital. Both adults were in the boiler room area, where the explosion occurred, fire officials said.

McDonogh officials released a statement around 12:15 p.m., saying: "At approximately 8:30 a.m., an explosion occurred in the school's boiler room while work was being performed by an outside contractor. The explosion caused a partial collapse of the adjacent smokestack.

"All students, faculty and staff are safe. One student sustained a minor injury. The student was evaluated at a local hospital and released. Two outside contractors also sustained minor injuries, one of them was transported to a local hospital for evaluation as well.

"The area of the explosion has been cordoned off. While the campus was deemed safe by first responders, McDonogh decided to take the safest course of action and students were dismissed at 11:00 a.m. All afternoon and evening activities are canceled.

"We have contacted a structural engineer to assess the building and ensure that the surrounding area is safe."

"As far as any continuing emergency, we feel pretty confident that that has been mitigated now and it's a matter for the school and the police to see what the cause was," Armacost said.

As a precaution, students were dismissed at 11 a.m., and all afternoon activities were canceled.

"I could hear the sound. I was inside a couple buildings away and I could hear the sound. I was walking in the basement of the Naylor Building and I walked upstairs and I saw the smoke cloud and the whole smoke tower in half. It was crazy," said Roc Damico, a student.

Officials encouraged people to avoid the area of McDonogh Road.



Baltimore Gas and Electric spokesman Nick Alexopoulous said no BGE equipment was involved in the incident.

School officials said they have contacted a structural engineer to assess the building and ensure that the surrounding area is safe.

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UPDATE #bcofd #explosion Mcdonogh School//CMD reports explosion of smoke tower// 2 adult patients with non life-threatening conditions at this time// AVOID MCDONOGH ROAD as numerous FD resources are responding. DT0827 ^TF — Baltimore County Fire Department (@BaltCoFire) September 18, 2019

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PIO from @BaltCoFire: 8:31 crews responded to an explosion at what’s known as shot tower. It’s not connected to classrooms. The top Is blown off & bricks fell as a result. The sound of the explosion caused the lockdown. Three people have non life-threatening injuries. @wbaltv11 pic.twitter.com/bb3dVimbAz — Megan Pringle (@MeganWBAL) September 18, 2019

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