Maryland nursery incident leaves one critical after tank rupture mistaken for explosion

Investigators say 180-degree water release caused collapse and injuries in Keymar

Carroll County, MD – A workplace incident initially believed to be an explosion at a Carroll County nursery left one man critically injured and two others hurt Friday evening, after investigators determined a ruptured hot-water tank caused the destruction.

Emergency crews were dispatched around 5:05 p.m. to Catoctin Mountain Nursery on Sixes Bridges Road in Keymar for reports of a boiler explosion. When firefighters arrived, they encountered significant structural damage, including partially collapsed sections of the building and an overturned ...