Betsy Hard, deputy commissioner of the state Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, told The Associated Press that multiple people died but she did not know how many.
Fifty construction workers were in the section of the power plant where the explosion happened at 11:17 a.m., said Al Santostefano, the deputy fire marshal in Middletown. He said he did not know what caused the explosion.
Hospitals that were treating the 14 wounded said late Sunday afternoon that they weren’t expecting more patients.
Dogs were searching for victims in the rubble, but there were no signs of life Sunday afternoon, he said.
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2010/02/07/gas_explosion_fire_at_power_plant_in_conn/
Police retract statement that 2 died in Connecticut explosion
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/07/connecticut.explosion/
Middletown police Sgt. Chuck Jacobucci initially said two people had been killed, but later told CNN he had misinterpreted something heard on a police radio.