BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Fire officials have identified the victims of the deadly gas explosion in northwest Baltimore on Monday as a 61-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man.
The Baltimore City Fire Department said firefighters found Lonnie Herriott’s body just before noon on Monday, hours after the explosion rocked the neighborhood. Just before 1 a.m. Tuesday, crews pulled Joseph Graham’s body from the rubble.
READ MORE: Security Increases After Maryland Man Threatens Gale-Bailey Elementary SchoolMorgan State University officials told WJZ Tuesday that Graham was a rising sophomore pursuing a degree in electrical engineering.
Family members remembered Graham as a smart and talented young man.
“Watching my sister and brother and nieces go through this has been a nightmare,” his aunt Christi Levy said.
“He was just so positive and motivational too,” his younger sister Bailey added.
READ MORE: U.S. Coast Guard Places Francis Scott Key Memorial Buoy In Patapsco RiverBailey added she hopes to one day live out Joseph’s dream of opening a restaurant.
Seven others were injured, including a 34-year-old man who’s in critical condition. A 20-year-old man and a 65-year-old man remain hospitalized in stable condition, while a 27-year-old woman, a 37-year-old woman, a 64-year-old man and a 93-year-old man were all discharged from the hospital.
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The blast damaged nearly 200 homes and left nearly 30 people displaced.
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