"EXPLOTA UN GASEODUCTO EN UNA CENTRAL ELÉCTRICA EN "MIDDELTOWN", EN EL ESTADO DE "CONNECTICUT", EE.UU" "DE MOMENTO HAY 4 MUERTOS Y MÁS DE 250 HERIDOS"
"Police retract statement, that
2 died in Connecticut explosion".
"STORY HIGHLIGHTS".
- "NEW: Police sergeant now says he can't confirm fatalities. Police had reported two dead in blast at Kleen Power Plant in Middletown, Connecticut. Plant was under construction and was in "testing phase," police officer says. Connecticut governor on her way to the site; Homeland Security monitoring".
"Middletown, Connecticut "CNN". Police on Sunday retracted an earlier statement that two people had been killed in an explosion at a Connecticut power plant".
"Middletown police Sgt. Chuck Jacobucci said he misinterpreted something heard over a police radio, and cannot confirm any fatalities. The explosion occurred about 11:30 a.m. Sunday at the Kleen Power Plant in Middletown, a suburb of Hartford. An area hospital said it had received 11 patients".
"The plant was under construction and had not yet opened, Middletown Officer Kevin White told CNN. It was set to go online later this year, he said, and was in a "testing phase." About 50 people, most of them construction workers, were working on the site at the time, said Al Santostefano, deputy fire marshal".
"Middlesex Hospital in Middletown said it had received 11 patients from the explosion. Of those, one was sent to a hospital in Hartford, said spokesman R. Brian Albert. Two others were treated for minor injuries and released, and the remaining eight were being evaluated".
"The patients' injuries included extremity or pelvic fractures, said emergency room physician Dr. Jonathan Bankoff. Some people reported being thrown 30 or 40 feet, he said".
"Map: Blast in Middletown, Connecticut".
"A center was being set up at Middletown's City Hall for family members of plant workers, Albert said".
"About 100 firefighters were on scene along with state police dogs, and a search-and-recovery effort was underway, said Santostefano. The searchers were dismantling the building piece by piece, he said. He did not know how long the search would take. People up to 20 miles away reported hearing or feeling the blast".
"There are conflicting reports on whether, anyone was killed in".
"It felt like the house was shaking," Peter Moore, who lives about 10 miles away in Durham, told CNN. He said he thought at first there had been a traffic accident on his street or there was a problem with his house. "It was really big," he said".
"Moore said his mother, who lives in Woodbridge, about 20 miles away from the plant, also said she heard the explosion, and said it "sounded like someone pounded on the back door a couple of times".
"It was almost like an earthquake," nearby resident Lynn Townsend told CNN affiliate WTNH. She said she heard the explosion and went outside to see "a very big, bright orange flame" between the plant's two smokestacks, and immediately dialed 911".
"It really shook the house," she said. "Everybody was scared. The kids started to cry." Bernadette Nyland told WTNH she was in her yard when the explosion occurred".
"They were doing the firing of the engines this morning and so something went wrong and it blew up and flames came shooting up almost as tall as that stack," she told the station. Connecticut State Police Lt. J. Paul Vance told WTNH his agency has received "an immense amount of inquiries" from residents who heard or felt the explosion".
"WTNH.com coverage of Middletown explosion".
"The site is a 620-megawatt gas-fired power plant, according to plant manager Gordon Holk".
"The Department of Homeland Security told CNN it was aware of the explosion and was monitoring the situation. Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell was on her way to the scene Sunday afternoon, her office said, and had spoken with Middletown city officials".
"Rell activated the state Emergency Operations Center in Hartford, which was being staffed by the state Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, Department of Public Health, the National Guard and the state police, the governor's office said in a statement. Rell also activated an Urban Search and Rescue Team, according to the statement".
"Middlesex Hospital activated its disaster response plan after the explosion, Albert said. As of Sunday afternoon, the hospital was in a "disaster response standby mode," and was not calling in additional staff, he told reporters".
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