Explosions Reported At Dept. Of Transportation & Maryland State House

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HANOVER, Md. (WJZ) — The Anne Arundel County Fire Department is responding to a report of an explosion in Hanover at the Department of Transportation headquarters.

Officials say it happened in the 7200-block of Corporate Center Drive around 1 p.m. Thursday.

Three people are injured.

It’s not clear what caused the explosion.

Meanwhile, a Maryland State House mailroom employee was injured this afternoon while handling a package and the incident is being investigated by bomb squad officials, according to Annapolis city officials.

The Annapolis Fire Department’s bomb squad is investigating the incident and the state’s bomb squad and FBI officials were on their way to the Jeffrey Building on Francis Street in Annapolis, where the incident took place, as of 12:51 p.m., according to Phillip McGowan, a spokesman for Annapolis Mayor Joshua J. Cohen.


http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2011/01/06/3-people-injured-in-anne-arundel-co-explosion/

[gateley]

1. Watching live on MSNBC now. nt

[gateley]

2. CNN seems to be giving better coverage. nt

[kestrel91316]

3. RW terrorists and their "2nd amendment" solutions, no doubt.