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Employee hospitalized after boiler malfunction causes explosion at Baltimore County precinct

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BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. — A person is in the hospital after an explosion in Baltimore County on Tuesday.

Firefighters responded to Precinct 9 in the 8200 block of Perry Hall Boulevard for reports of an explosion and found no fire.

It was later determined that a boiler malfunctioned at the precinct, causing an explosion.

The injured person, a county employee who was working on the boiler, suffered non-critical injuries, per Baltimore County Fire.

Officials say the incident commander requested a building engineer out of caution to evaluate a structural crack.

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