Page 2 - Plan Explosion News Today

Be built to some pretty strict building codes in terms of their structural integrity. what we are told is it doesnt appear that the... there is serious structural damage to the building but an awful lot of that sheet metal covering is gone. >> have you heard from... been in touch with clean energy officials? have they offered to help? what is their involvement? >> i know one of this owners was onsite today and i talked to him briefly. >> after or before the explosion. >> after. >> what did he sa...

There were 100 people, the latest number, 5 casualties, which, quite frankly, if there were 50 people inside the plant when the explosion occurred, there was a fire and there were talks of hospitals getting ready for burn patients and they expected the number and number injured to be up to hundreds. now 14 injured, being treated as area hospitals there, as we await the news conference in middletown, connecticut where laura ingle is standing by and everybody is on the scene, fire crews to the pol...

And no investigation has been able to get started to determine that. >> julie: it is also very difficult to determine exactly how many people were working at the time, there were numbers between 50 and 100 and do you have any estimates as to how many people were in the plant? >> caller: the range of 50 and the exact am is not for sure, 50 to 60 is the most that were there at the time. >> julie: are cadaver dogs part of the search and rescue operation. >> caller: the state brought us dogs, and so...

Inside and got out and what did they tell you about what they saw... >> i didnt talk to anybody people who were onsite and got out. >> (inaudible). >> i imagine emergency responders talking to them. >> did anyone here talk to anyone. >> i dont know. >> a question for you, too, do you have any way of knowing exactly -- losing my train of thought here. any way of knowing whether there were people who were killed in an additional explosion or killed in the ensuing fire, did it rap right away or whe...

Officials starting to gather here but more details as we get them to you. >> gregg: laura ingle on the scene and that power plant as under construction and apparently they were purging the gas lines. there must have been been an ignition and thus the explosion. it could be felt for miles around. there are survivors, but we dont know the number of dead. lots of injured. were going to check back with you a bit later on. >> julie: are you ready for some snow. turk to the weather. the super saturday...

Middletown and well of theibri the news conference live in a couple of minutes and those with loved ones inside the power plant are standing by at city hall waiting for word to find out if their loved ones are okay. >> gregg: well carry the news conference as soon as it begins, laura ingle live at the scene. thanks. >> julie: the search for more victims from todays blast could stretch into the late hours, win pointing that exact cause of the explosion could take much longer and we have in sight ...

And others, our on laura ingle, who has been there in middletown, now, covering the latest, and what more do we know? >> reporter: gregg, we can tell you now, as you said, the mayor of middletown, sebastian guilano is expected to come out with this first responders and the u.s. chemical safety board is now investigating the explosion that as we have been reporting, and you have seen the devastating pictures rocked this community at 11:18 this morning. we have been told from crews on the scene th...

From connecticuts mayor, the middletown mayor will be here and first responders and well get a grasp on the numbers and that is the point, trying to figure out how many were inside the clean energy power plant at 11:18 this morning. we heard 60 people were inside when the massive explosion took place. unfortunately, from what we have been told in down, there was not a work roster at the time and they are trying to get a head count as to who was inside and there was a morning shift and a night sh...

That well give you the most current information we have at this time but the the most important things, there are no threats. there is nothing that will hurt the public, in terms of it a gas explosion and now were trying to get a count of the persons involved and trying to get in touch with the families of those who have been injured. thank you. >> okay. i think at this time if there are any technical questions, the deputy chief would be able to answer those question for you. >> (inaudible). >> ...

Kids started to cry because they dont know, if the house was going to be on fire. a very scary thought. it was almost like an earthquake. we had phoned our parents and they heard and felt the explosion as well. >> julie: im julie banderas. >> gregg: and im gregg jarrett. we may get further details in about an hour. a news conference is tentatively scheduled. laura ingle joins us with the very latest? >> im coming to you about half a mile from the kleen energy power plant, understandably officers...