Explosion devastates Fort Worth hotel, investigators suspect gas leak

A Fort Worth hotel exploded on Monday, resulting in multiple injuries and scattering debris.

Video footage of the incident at the Sandman Signature Hotel showed the road covered in wreckage, with a large number of police responding to the scene. A spokesperson for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) said that investigators believed the explosion to have been the result of a gas issue, the Associated Press reported.

🚨BREAKING: Massive explosion at the Sandman Hotel in downtown Fort Worth. 10 reported injuries so farpic.twitter.com/toIAq1G9nd

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⚡️An explosion at the Sandman Hotel, in Fort Worth, Texas. A number of injuries were reported pic.twitter.com/o0TzgD3fW0

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