More than 50 people have been killed and hundreds of injured people
The cause of this huge explosion is a natural gas leak, according to officials.The middle town explosion happened in a power plant built south of the city on the Connecticut River.
Homeowners more than 10 miles away said the 11 a.m. explosion at the Kleen Energy Systems power plant on River Road created a shock wave so intense they mistakenly thought the central part of the state had experienced an earth quake.
Around 50 workers were in the section of the power plant where the explosion occurred at 11:37 a.m., blowing portions of the building away, Al Santostefano, Middletown’s deputy fire marshal, told the Associated Press. the cause of the explosion is under investigation.!!And most of investigation say it is because of the natural gas leakage
State police fire and explosive investigators were rushing to the scene at around noon Sunday, as well as state police urban rescue crews, which would search rubble for victims.
There were as many as 20 ambulances at the plant
The plant, one of the biggest to be built in New England in recent years, was supposed to bring cleaner and potentially cheaper power to the area, according to the Courant.
The plant reportedly has a 15-year contract with Connecticut Light & Power.
The power plant was still under construction and there are unconfirmed reports that workers were testing a gas line before the explosion.
