BGE looking at customer-owned equipment in gas explosion

Two people are now confirmed dead following a natural gas explosion that destroyed three row houses in Baltimore and sent seven people to the hospital, authorities said Tuesday.

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WE WANTTO FIRST SEND IT OFF TODAVE... WHO HAS THE LATESTDEVELOPMENTS FROM B-G-E...INCLUDING HOW THEY SAY THEIRMETER WAS NOT TO BLAME..

ANDIT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WICUSTOMER- OWNED EQUIPMENT.BGE SAYS THE INVESTIGATION ISFAR FROM OVER.

COMPANY CREWSHAVE BEEN ON STANDBY WAITINGTO EXAMINE THE GAS METE&THAT CANT BE DONE UNTIL DEBRISIS CLEARED.

THIS COMES ASWEGOOD SAMARITAN WHO HELPED SAVELIVES YESTERDAY.

THE DEATHTOLL NOW UP TO TWO.THE DEBRIS FROM MONDAYEXPLOSION STILL PREVALENT ALONGLABYRINTH ROAD.

THE OPERATIONHAS MOVED FROM ONE OF RESCUETO RECOVERY.

:24-38 BLAIRADAMS/BCFD PIO Just before 1olocate the body of an adultmale.

That brings our vitalitytattoo.

It still stands atseven victims transported andnow we have two deceased.

THATVICTIM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BYFAMILY MEMBERS AS 20-YEAR-OLDJOSEPH GRAHAM.

WMAR 2 NEWSSPOKE TO HIS AUNT SUNSHINEEVANS LAST NIGHT.

SUNSHINEEVANS: Igood kid.

Hejust at my home Saturday.

Wewere celebrating my sonbirthday.

He just graduatedfrom city with honors.great kid.

WEFROM SHAY BOND WHO HELPED WITHRESCUE EFFORTS ALONG WITH DEANJONES AND ANTOINETTA PARRISH.THEY WERE FIRST ON SCENEDIGGING OUT VICTIMS BEFOREFIRST RESPONDERS ARRIVED.

.14:36-43 SHAY BOND/WITNESS/GOOD SAMARITAN If anything, myfaith is restored in humanityfrom seeing all my neighborsand myself just come downthere, rush together, helpeach other to dig people out.BOND LIKE MANY IN THE AREAHAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GASEXPLOSION.

14:54-58 SHAYBOND/WITNESS/ GOOD SAMARITAN Ireally want to know whathappened.

Iwith guesses.

9:46-50 LINDAFOY/BGE SPOKESPERSON: Ofcourse this investigation isongoing and will be for sometime.

BGE SPOKESPERSON LINDAFOY SAYS THE ENERGY COMPANYHAS TURNED OVER GAS ANDELECTRICITY DATA TOINVESTIGATORS AND RIGHT NOWTHE FOCUS IS ON CUSTOMER BASEDEQUIPMENTHAVE BEEN SOMETHING BEYONDBGEEXPLOSION.

10:18-10:37 LINDAFOY/BGE SPOKESPERSON: As ofright now it appears that theissue is on the customer sideof the meter.

That data isbeing analyzed right now andpreliminarily, that is whatis showing us And theinvestigators that potentiallythe problem was on thcustomers side of the meter.AND BGE SAID ITRECORDS FROM THE PAST 5 YEARSAND AND FOUND NO REPORTSGAS LEAKS IN THE AREA.

AGAIN,THIS INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.LIVE FROM LABYRINTH ROAD, DAVEDETLING WMAR 2 NEWS.OUR TEAM COVERAGE ON THISTRAGEDY CONTINUES.

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