A massive explosion Monday afternoon destroyed the ground floor of the 20-story Sandman Signature Hotel in downtown Fort Worth. Several people were reportedly injured.
The explosion at the historic Wagoner Building, at 810 Houston St., shook downtown shortly before 4 p.m. Debris was scattered hundreds of yards around the front of the building near Throckmorton Street.
The hotel opened less than a year ago and included a basement restaurant.
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Witnesses described people leaving the hotel with bloody faces and people on stretchers.
People said they had family members in the hotel and were injured.
Barbara Jacobs, 58, a resident of the Historic Electric Building Apartments at 410 W. Seventh St., said she usually passes the building on her way home, but “something told her not to.”
“When I heard the boom, I was in the middle of the street,” she said. “To see it firsthand, oh my God, it was the scariest thing I’ve ever seen.”
Several ambulances and police officers also intervened.
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