Explosion at Virginia home kills 1 firefighter and injures 11 others, including 9 firefighters

STERLING, Va. (AP) — One firefighter is dead after an explosion in a Washington, D.C., suburb leveled a home. Nine firefighters were injured where they were investigating a gas leak on Friday evening. Two other people were also injured in the blast. Officials say firefighters were called to the home in Sterling, Virginia, by a report of a gas smell shortly after 7:30 p.m. and a fiery explosion took place about 30 minutes later. Loudon County Fire and Rescue Assistant Chief James Williams says the blast and fire occurred while firefighters were inside the building. Williams says one firefighter was killed, while nine firefighters and two other people were taken to hospitals with injuries ranging from limited to severe.