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Vigils Remember Baltimore Gas Explosion Victims One Week After Deadly Blast

People visited the Labyrinth Road site to lay candles, flowers and notes near where the victims died.

One vigil was on Labyrinth Road at the site of the explosion. A second vigil put on by CASA Baltimore was held next to the Applebee’s off Reisterstown Road, offering reflections in English and Spanish.
One vigil was on Labyrinth Road at the site of the explosion. A second vigil put on by CASA Baltimore was held next to the Applebee’s off Reisterstown Road, offering reflections in English and Spanish. (WJZ)

BALTIMORE, MD — Community members turned out for two vigils Monday night in memory of the two victims of the deadly Baltimore gas explosion. People visited the site of the explosion on Labyrinth Road to lay candles, flowers and notes near where 20-year-old Joseph Graham and 61-year-old Lonnie Herriott died one week prior.

Seven other people were injured and nearly 200 homes were damaged in the blast.

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