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1 injured in explosion at Albuquerque motel

ALBUQUERQUE – An explosion at a motel injured one person while damaging one room and causing extensive structural damage to the building.

Cause of the Friday night explosion was under investigation, but the Albuquerque Journal reports that police told people at the scene that it was caused by a personal oxygen tank.

The American Red Cross says it sent a team to assist people displaced by the explosion at the Hiway House Motel on Central Avenue at Bryn Mawr Drive.

Air Fire Rescue provided no information about the injured person or the condition of that person.