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Middletown and we'll 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: we'll carry the news conference as soon as it begins, laura ingle live at the scene. thanks. >> julie: the search for more victims from today's blast could stretch into the late hours, win pointing that exact cause of the explosion could take much longer and we have in sight on what that operation will entail. joining us by phone is the deputy fire chief of middletown, c...

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 that construction crews were in the process of doing what is called a blow down, which is the pursuant...

From connecticut's mayor, the middletown mayor will be here and first responders and we'll 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 shift and people left the building 6:30 a.m. and there was confusion as to how many people were insi...

That we'll 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 we're 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). >> at this point it is unknown. we are working with the employers on the scene, to get an exact amoun...

Kids started to cry because they don't 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: i'm julie banderas. >> gregg: and i'm 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? >> i'm coming to you about half a mile from the kleen energy power plant, understandably officers are keeping us away from that scene while this operation is going on as you mentioned. we are e...