Gas blast at Conn. power plant kills at least 5 (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Sun, 02/07/2010 - 7:12pm

The Kleen Energy plant is seen in this aerial photo after an explosion in Middletown, Conn., Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Jessica Hill)AP - An explosion that sounded like a sonic boom blew out walls of an unfinished power plant and set off a fire during a test of natural gas lines Sunday, killing at least five workers, injuring a dozen or more and leaving crews picking through debris for more possible victims.




 

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