BALTIMORE _Firefighters recovered the body of a second man Saturday from an Amazon.com distribution warehouse, which partially collapsed the night before.
Chief Roman Clark said a 50-foot wall collapsed at the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Southeast Baltimore as a storm swept through the area. He said one man was found under debris Friday night and taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Clark said a second man who was unaccounted for Friday night was found around 7:30 a.m. Saturday. Clark said firefighters used heavy equipment to remove debris to find the second man.
An Amazon official said the two people killed weren't employees of the online retail giant, but worked for an outside company.
The victims' names were withheld pending notification of family. No other injuries were reported.
Images taken from outside the facility showed a badly damaged truck and a knocked over light pole, among other damage.
Roads around the facility were filled with debris. On nearby Interstate 95, on the north side of the Fort McHenry tunnel, a tractor trailer also overturned.
Two survey teams are expected to evaluate the area near the Amazon center, as well as Mount Airy, which also experienced severe storm damage, to determine whether a tornado touched down, said Cody Ledbetter, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Sterling, Va.
If a tornado is confirmed, the deaths would be the first tornado-related deaths in Maryland since 2002. Three people were killed when a tornado hit La Plata.
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(Baltimore Sun Media Group reporters Scott Dance and Catalina Righter contributed to this report.)
