DEVELOPING: At least six people injured in explosion at a residential building in Chicago.
Chicago Fire Department responds to an explosion, Sept. 20, 2022, in this image posted to Twitter.At least eight people were injured in an explosion at a residential building in Chicago on Tuesday, authorities said.The "mass casualty" incident occurred at Central and West End avenues in the city's South Austin neighborhood around 9 a.m. local time.Chicago Fire Media via TwitterSix men and two women were taken to hospitals, officials said. Their ages were not immediately clear.
Crews for local gas utility Peoples Gas did not smell any gas at the site, a spokesperson for the company said.
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