No fewer than 21 casualties were recorded after an explosion rocked the Sandman Signature Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America.
According to the New York Times, authorities suspect the explosion was caused by a gas leak after its smell was perceived in the area.
The New York Times reported the police as saying one person was in critical condition, four were seriously injured and 14 people were transported to a hospital.
Speaking at a news conference, a spokesman for the Fort Worth Fire Department, Craig Trojacek, disclosed that there was “a smell of gas in the area.”
“We were getting reports that it had started in the restaurant. We’re not 100 percent sure that that’s where it started at this point,” Mr Trojacek stated.
The Fire Department added that a reunification area had been created in a parking lot a few blocks from the hotel for those in search of their loved ones.
Josh Babb, co-founder of Musume, an Asian restaurant located inside the Sandman, posted on Instagram that three of those injured were its employees.
The Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, said that additional resources could be deployed to the scene, urging “all Texans to pray for those who were injured in the explosion, as well as those bravely responding to keep others safe”.
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