LEXINGTON, Ky, (WDRB) -- A Lexington hotel is heavily damaged after an explosion.

Lexington police say it happened Sunday night at the Fairfield Inn in Beaumont Centre.

Authorities say a driver in the parking lot hit a gas meter and the explosion happened about 10 minutes later.

Several cars were damaged and remain underneath the rubble.

No injures were reported.

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