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UPDATED NEWS ON POWER PLANT EXPLOSION IN MIDDLETOWN, CT

Middletown : CT : USA | Feb 07, 2010
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A power plant in Middletown, CT has just had an explosion. Dozens of fire trucks and ambulances are rushing to the scene.

The police have reported multiple injuries as well as fatalities.

Will update with the rest of the story as reports come in.

New tweets from "Breaking New" NBC have confirmed two dead and more casualties are expected as they continue to look for survivors.

UPDATE Police and Hospital reports 11 injuries taken to hospital and less than 50 people injuries in the blast.

UPDATE Conflicting updates CBS News is reporting 2 dead and 250 hurt in the explosion. I will report more on the reports until we find which information is the most accurate.

UPDATE: The latest on CNN, there have been no confirmed causualties according to police. CNN misunderstood call on the scanner. Officials are claiming they cannot confirm fatalities or injuries.

The blast was at the Kleen Power Plant in Connecticut that was still in the "testing phase" and was supposed to go online later this year.

So far there have been more than 100 fire fighters on the seen who are dismantling the building in search of people. There were approximately 50 people working at the time of the accident. So the CBS news numbers were innacurate.

They believe that the workers were "purging" a natural gas line at the time of the blast.

It is being reported the blast could heard and felt through the ground for up to 20 miles away.

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