HOUSTON (KIAH) — Five people were injured in an explosion of a boiler at a hotel building under construction in downtown Houston, the fire department said.

Units were called to 1319 Texas Avenue at Austin Street on Thursday afternoon after reports of a boiler explosion at a building under construction.

Multiple people, believed to be construction workers who were working inside the building, are being taken to the hospital for burn injures, the fire department said.

There are street closures in the area as emergency vehicles are being called to the scene.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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