Three people, including a 3-year-old girl, were critically hurt in a fire and possible explosion at an apartment building in Detroit, officials said.

More than a dozen people, including children, were hospitalized after a fire broke out at an apartment building early Monday morning on Detroit's west side, according to fire officials. The fire,

The Detroit-based utility told the Free Press on Tuesday it would have taken a "significant amount" of gas to set off such a powerful blast, and that a leak should have been detectable by its odor, which is added and often described as a "rotten egg" smell.

Thirteen people were hospitalized — including six kids — after an explosion at an apartment building on Detroit's west side early Monday morning.

About a dozen people have been injured, including six children, following an apparent explosion and fire Monday morning at a 2-story apartment building in Detroit. The explosion was reported about 4 a.

Three people, including a 3-year-old girl, are still being treated for burns after an explosion at a Detroit apartment building