21 injured in explosion at downtown Fort Worth hotel

Twenty-one people were injured in an apparent explosion at a downtown hotel in Fort Worth, Texas, on Monday afternoon, authorities said.

Twenty-one people were injured in an apparent explosion at a downtown hotel in Fort Worth, Texas, on Monday afternoon, authorities said.

Firefighters initially received calls about a structure fire shortly after 3:30 p.m. at the Sandman Signature Fort Worth Downtown Hotel, and then quickly after received "multiple calls that were coming in that area there was a type of explosion," said Craig Trojacek, a spokesperson for the Fort Worth Fire Department.

There was a smell of gas in the area, Trojacek said. He didn’t know if that is what prompted the explosion, or if the gas smell was a byproduct of the explosion.

The mayhem appears to have been caused by “some type of gas leak” but that was not confirmed, Trojacek said.

First responders work the scene after an explosion at the Sandman Signature hotel in Fort Worth, Texas, on Monday.Cameron Arnold via APAerial footage from NBC Dallas-Fort Worth showed what appeared to be sections of wall and parts of window frames blown out of the first and second floors of the building. Debris, including insulation and parts of windows, was scattered on the sidewalk and road.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fort-worth-hotel-explosion-rcna132957

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