INTERVIEW — Fire Chief SCOTT GOLDSTEIN – The Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS)

• Days before Silver Spring apt. explosion, resident calls 911 to complain of smell of gas
• 2 children killed in Silver Spring apartment explosion identified. (Baltimore Sun / Aug 23 @ 6:04 pm) SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Authorities have identified two children killed in an explosion and fire at a Maryland apartment complex. The Montgomery County police department said Tuesday that 8-year-old Deibi “David” Samir Lainez Morales and 3-year-old Fernando Josue Hernandez Orellana were among seven people killed in the Aug. 10 fire. Authorities identified three other victims last week and are working to identify two more. The explosion at the Flower Branch apartments in Silver Spring shook homes more than a mile away. Some residents reported smelling natural gas before the explosion; officials also had been called to the building July 25 by residents who reported smelling gas.