4 injured after apartment building near Atlanta exploded

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Officials successful Dekalb County, Georgia, are investigating what caused the detonation of an flat analyzable Sunday afternoon.

According to the Dunwoody Police Department, they received calls astir the detonation astatine the Arrive Apartments conscionable earlier 1:30 p.m.

Dekalb County Fire Rescue Department said connected its Facebook leafage that 4 radical were injured successful the blast.

ABC News reported that the detonation damaged 15 to 20 units.

The occurrence section said their rescue squad was "able to hunt and wide the affected apartments, confirming that determination was nary 1 trapped."

The constabulary section said aboriginal Monday greeting that respective residents were capable to spell backmost to their residences aft being cleared by the Dekalb Fire Department, Georgia Power, and Atlanta Gas companies.

The origin of the detonation is inactive nether investigation. Still, according to the Associated Press, a nonmigratory reportedly called a section inferior institution astir the odor of an odor of gas.

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