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The latest on the collapse of a Amazon distribution warehouse on Baltimore (all times local):
2 p.m.
An Amazon official said the two people killed in the Baltimore collector's office, but worked for an outside company.
Amazon spokeswoman Rachael Lighty said Saturday that Maryland Friday evening.
Baltimore fire officials did not respond to phone or email messages from The Associated Press.
News reports quoted Baltimore fire officials as saying Friday night and dead pronounced dead, while a second man was found early Saturday. Officials say a 50-foot wall at the warehouse collapsed.
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12:30 pm
A company official says a second person is dead after part of an Amazon distribution warehouse collapse in severe weather in Baltimore.
Amazon's senior vice president of operations Dave Clark said in a tweet Saturday that there were two fatalities at the site. Baltimore fire officials did not immediately respond to phone or email messages from The Associated Press.
Severe storms with strong winds tore through much of Maryland Friday evening.
News reports quoted Baltimore fire officials as saying Friday night and dead pronounced dead, while a second man was found early Saturday. Officials say a 50-foot wall at the warehouse collapsed.
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12:45 a.m.
The fire department is unaccounted for by a weather-related building collapse at an Amazon distribution warehouse on Baltimore's southeast side, the Baltimore Sun reports.
Chief Roman Clark tells the Sun that has a 50-foot wall collapse late Friday at the Amazon Fulfillment Center as a storm hit the area. Clark says one person was found under debris and taken to a hospital, where the person was pronounced dead, the Sun reports. He adds a second person was unaccounted for.
Images taken from outside the facility showed a badly damaged truck and a knocked over light pole, the Sun reports.
The National Weather Service had earlier warned of thunderstorms in the area, with some producing gusty winds and heavy rain.
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