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| Terrorism ruled out of Connecticut plant blast |
| 2010-02-09 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Rescuers hunted Monday for survivors or more dead in the rubble of a U.S. power plant after a massive gas explosion tore it apart and killed at least five workers as terrorism has been ruled out as the cause of the blast. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) in Washington said it would send a seven-person team to the blast site. The team is expected on the scene midday Monday, the independent investigative agency said in a statement. Officials cautioned that they did not know how many people were in the Kleen Energy plant, which was still being built, and therefore they could not immediately account for everyone who may have been present. "We know that 12 individuals have been injured. Five individuals are known to have lost their lives," Sebastian Giuliano, the mayor of Middletown, Connecticut, told a news conference. Terrorism had been ruled out, according to the mayor, who said the accident, which broke the windows of nearby residential buildings and shook houses miles (kilometers) away, happened during a testing procedure. Rescue workers helped by search dogs scoured the rubble at the plant where a brief, but fierce fire following the accident sent flames and black smoke billowing skyward. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Any construction project I have worked on, any testing or charging of gas lines is never done without clearing the site of everybody save the gas guys. |
| Posted by: Skunky Glins**** 2010-02-09 20:07 |