An explosion at the Sandman Signature hotel in Fort Worth leaves 'at least 10 people injured' and is being labeled a 'major incident' by city police

At least 11 people were injured in an explosion at the Sandman Signature hotel in downtown Fort Worth, Texas, according to local CBS News.

Two people were seriously injured and the condition of one person was considered serious, according to CBS. One man told CBS he had to jump out of the window because there were no stairs.

Photos from the scene show windows blown out and reports of a possible floor collapse. WFAA reports this that it was probably a gas explosion, and one man said he smelled gas before the explosion.

Fort Worth police have advised people in the area to stay away while emergency responders assess the crash scene.

'We are currently dealing with a Major Incident. Please avoid the city center,” the police wrote on X.

“PIOs are on site. We will share more details as soon as we can confirm more information.”

The streets around the hotel are littered with rubble

The hotel, in downtown Fort Worth, is seen before Monday's explosion

The Fort Worth Fire Department responded to the scene, but there were no ambulances.

Debris was everywhere across the road, with windows and door frames thrown to the other side of the street.

Families were told to go to Sundance Square, 200 Fifth Street, to be reunited with their loved ones.

The 245-room hotel is located in a 1920s building right in the heart of downtown Fort Worth, and rooms cost about $160 per night.

Craig Trojacek, the fire department's Public Information Officer, said the first call was at 2:43 p.m.

“It looks like a gas leak,” he said. 'We're not sure about that. We don't know if the gas came from the explosion or caused the explosion.”

He confirmed that 11 people had been injured – nine of them taken to hospital – and the hotel owner said “a while ago” that one person was still missing. He could not say whether the eleven injured were inside or outside the hotel.

“We are still searching the building,” he said. “We're going from floor to floor trying to make sure we get everyone out.

“We're trying to make sure that when we walk out of that building, we can definitively say we got everyone out.”

Asked about a partial collapse of the building, he said he could not comment.

He said some reports suggested the explosion started at the restaurant, where some “work” was being done, he said.

Trojacek said it was not possible to say how long downtown would be closed.

The gas department was on scene and made sure the gas was completely turned off, Trojacek said.

A Fort Worth police spokesman said they had closed streets within a two-block radius and reiterated calls for people not to approach the area.