‘Regina Snead Day’ in DC honors day care owner, staff for safely evacuating kids before gas explosion
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WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — D.C.’s Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC Fire and EMS honored the owner of the Baby Einstein Child Development Center and her staff after the facility collapsed due to a gas explosion in January.
April 6 will now be known as Regina Snead Day in the District.
Snead and her staff were celebrated for how they safely evacuated the 16 children in their care after a gas leak caused an explosion that collapsed the day care facility on Jan. 16. in Anacostia.
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The incident happened in the 1200 block of Marion Barry Ave. in Southeast D.C. at 10:03 a.m. DC Fire and EMS said people evacuated a building because someone reported a gas leak.
Later, the second floor of a building exploded. DC Fire and EMS said a flash fire and a second explosion followed. Among those buildings that collapsed was the Baby Einstein day care facility.
DC Fire and EMS said the gas leak started after a car hit a meter attached to the building where the first explosion took place.
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