Five die, 12 hurt in power plant blast

AT LEAST five people died in a power plant explosion in the US state of Connecticut yesterday.

Five die, 12 hurt in power plant blast

People living up to 50km away reported that their homes were shaken by the blast at the Kleen Energy plant, being built outside the town of Middletown.

Workers were purging natural gas lines when a powerful explosion blew off part of the building under construction, officials said.

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