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| 'Mass casualties' in US explosion | 'Mass casualties' in US explosion |
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| A huge explosion has rocked a power plant in the US state of Connecticut, with US media reporting at least two people killed and many more injured. | |
| People living several miles from the plant reported that their homes were shaken by the blast at the Kleen Energy plant, being built in Middletown. | |
| Black smoke could be seen pouring out of the plant site shortly afterwards. | |
| A receptionist at nearby Middlesex Hospital told local media it was receiving victims from the explosion. | |
| The Middletown Press newspaper said a gas pipeline had exploded at about 1100 (1600 GMT), and that flames were seen shooting out of it at one point. | |
| Locals said hundreds of people might have been working at the plant, under construction on the Connecticut river to the south of Middletown, when the blast happened. | |
| One witness told the Hartford Courant a test of the plant's power generating systems was being carried out. | |
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