A firefighter was killed and nine others injured, as well as two civilians, in the explosion of a house in Virginia (east coast of the United States), while they were “conducting an investigation”, local authorities announced. .
Firefighters were dispatched around 7:40 p.m. local time Friday evening (12:40 a.m. GMT Saturday) to the house in Sterling, northern Virginia, "to conduct an investigation," said James Williams, deputy chief of the city's fire department. without specifying what they were investigating.
The explosion, which took place shortly after their arrival, was massive, and left a scene of "total devastation", with debris in the street and in neighboring houses.
The injuries of the eleven people hospitalized range from “serious” to “less serious,” he said.