Middletown, Connecticut rocked by explosion

Digital Journal ^ | Sunday Feb7 2010 10:19 AM MST | KJ Mullins

[malamute]

An explosion in Middletown, Connecticut has rocked the town. Initial reports are that about a dozen people have been injured.

Middletown, United States - The Middletown Fire Department just said in a phone interview that they are in the process of putting out a second alarm. There are an unknown number of casualities. The explosion took place at NRG Power Plant on River Road. According to their web site they are the fossil-fueled electric generating plant in the state. Reports are saying that the blast could be felt as far away as Durham.

[SE Mom]

Thanks:)

[TSgt]

Homes in the area sustained damage from the explosion. Possible 3rd fatality.

[spectre]

Our son is in Newington and he phoned to say he heard and felt the explosion in his home.

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[Gondring]

Reports are of substantial damage to houses in the area.

[alecqss]

another lackluster performance from POTUS Barack Hussein Obama and his braindead Homeland Security Secretary, Janet “deadbeat” Napolitano!!

Is that one of those "man-made disasters"?

[Old Professer]

The plant burns natural gas along with low-sulfur DF2, the same fuel oil in trucks; doesn’t seem to be a lump of coal onsite.

[Man50D]

Our son is in Newington and he phoned to say he heard and felt the explosion in his home.

That's not exactly next door.

[TornadoAlley3]

bodies everywhere a witness said, some may be buried in the rubble.

[pillut48]

There’s been a slew of natural gas home explosions here in the DFW area lately—scary to think about! :-O

[TSgt]

Windows blown out of homes.

[tcrlaf]

Comment from the Middletown Paper @12.59PM:

” Calling 20 ambulances from Hartford. Scaling down on triage though. “

http://www.middletownpress.com/articles/2010/02/07/news/doc4b6ef2d228983062585943.txt

[Gondring]

Pop goes the CT?

Oops...I didn't mean the state abbreviation.

Eye witness says they had "jet engine noises" in the morning. So it sounds like they were doing CT testing.

[spectre]

Nope..about 20 miles away.

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[TSgt]

2 confirmed dead, 200 injured, 80 critical, NY, NJ, MA emergency being called in...

[KosmicKitty]

Heard it at my house in North Haven, almost 25 miles from Middletown

Actually thought it might be an earthquake

[spectre]

"bodies everywhere a witness said, some may be buried in the rubble."

Oh nooo.

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[Man50D]

Report on scanner is that people are coming through the woods to view the damage.

[fatima]

Wow.

[SE Mom]

Scanner saying two people from OSHA are walking on scene.