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An explosion - which was preceded by a strong smell of gas – nearly levelled an Atlanta-area apartment complex Sunday, leaving four people with non-life threatening injuries.
The blast happened about 1:30 p.m. as police were in the process of evacuating residents of Arrive Perimeter apartments due to gas-like odors.
The front side of the three-story structure was ‘basically blown off’ by the blast, Dekalb County Deputy fire Chief Melvin Carter told reporters at the scene.
‘We had reports of an explosion with multiple entrapments,’ he said. ‘We had a lot of structural damage, and structural instability to the building.’
Fire Capt. Jaeson Daniels had said two people were unaccounted for and there were concerns they might have been in one of three apartments that completely collapsed.
Dozens of firefighters rushed to a Dunwoody, Georgia, complex Sunday that partially exploded
The pair was later found safe.
Dozens of fire crews responded to the blast in Dunwoody, about 17 miles north of Atlanta, which happened hours
