
One firefighter has died, and 11 other people were injured after a house exploded in a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C., on Friday night. Loudoun County Fire and Rescue received a call about natural gas at around 7:40 p.m., and the explosion occurred at about 8:30 p.m. in the 300 block of Silver Ridge Drive in Sterling, Virginia, according to News4. The explosion and fire occurred while firefighters were inside the building, James Williams, assistant chief of operations for Loudoun County Fire and Rescue, said at a news conference. The...