At least 14 injured in Conn. power plant explosion

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Fourteen people have been brought to hospitals for treatment after an explosion at a power plant that was under construction in Connecticut.

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Area fire and ambulance crews arrive near the scene in Middletown, Conn., Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Multiple people have died in an explosion at a power plant in Connecticut and an unknown number of people are injured. (AP Photo/Richard Messina, Hartford Courant)

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Smoke comes from the the Kleen Energy plant on River Road in Middletown, Conn., Sunday Feb. 7, 2010, as emergency vehicles make their way to the scene of an explosion there. Multiple people have died in an explosion at a power plant in Connecticut and an unknown number of people are injured. (AP Photo/The Middletown Press, Catherine Avalone) MANDATORY CREDIT

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Area fire and ambulance crews arrive near the scene in Middletown, Conn., Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Multiple people have died in an explosion at a power plant in Connecticut and an unknown number of people are injured. (AP Photo/Richard Messina, Hartford Courant)

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An ambulance arrives near the scene of an explosion in Middletown, Conn., Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Multiple people have died in an explosion at a power plant in Connecticut and an unknown number of people are injured. (AP Photo/Richard Messina, Hartford Courant)

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Officials say multiple people died in the explosion Sunday at the Kleen Energy plant, though they do not know how many. Deputy Fire Marshal Al Santostefano says the number of injured is fewer than 50.

Brian Albert, spokesman for MiddlesexHospital in Middletown, says 11 people were brought in. Two were treated and released, eight are being treated for broken bones, abdominal injuries, blunt force trauma and similar injuries.

He says a seriously injured person was transferred to Hartford Hospital, and another may be sent there.

Hartford Hospital says two other people were brought there directly after the blast.

Albert says Middlesex Hospital did not expect to receive more patients.

Source:ajc.com/