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Firefighters battle blaze at Maryland townhouses

September 23, 2015 / 9:05 PM EDT / CBS/AP

COLUMBIA, Md. -- Firefighters battled a fire late Wednesday that spread to several townhouses in Columbia, Maryland.

Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services tweeted that 911 callers reported hearing an explosion in the 12000 block of Sleepy Horse Lane Wednesday night. The department says arriving crews found at least one townhouse fully engulfed in flames.

Video obtained by CBS Baltimore shows the fire.

Officials reported a Baltimore Gas and Electric employee injured. They also said at least one person was rescued from one of the townhouses.

No other information was available.

Several crews encountering heavy fire; at least one victim rescued from a neighboring unit
— Howard Co Fire & EMS (@HCDFRS) September 24, 2015

The fire has spread to neighboring units. Crews are conducting preliminary and secondary searches
— Howard Co Fire & EMS (@HCDFRS) September 24, 2015

One BGE worker has been injured; it is unclear at this moment where he was at the time of the incident
— Howard Co Fire & EMS (@HCDFRS) September 24, 2015

Preliminary callers indicated hearing an explosion; crews arrived shortly thereafter to find at least one unit fully engulfed in flames
— Howard Co Fire & EMS (@HCDFRS) September 24, 2015

12000 blk-Sleepy Horse Ln-Columbia-3rd alarm struck for multiple townhouses on fire with people trapped -PIO is responding
— Howard Co Fire & EMS (@HCDFRS) September 24, 2015

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