More than half a dozen people were injured after a reported vehicle explosion ignited a large inferno Tuesday afternoon near El Paso International Airport. Just before 4 p.m., El Paso Fire Department posted on X confirming crews were responding to a condition 4 fire at the Sun Metro Transit Operations Center.

A fire and explosion inside the maintenance center of the El Paso transit facility left two people in critical condition on Tuesday. Over 100 firefighters and 48 units responded to the fire, according to KTSM.