MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) - A Connecticut fire official says at
least 95 percent of the nearly 100 workers who were at a power
plant that exploded are accounted for.
Middletown Deputy Fire Marshal Al Santostefano said Monday that
most of the workers are accounted for, judging by conversations
with contractors and labor union officials. But he says a section
of the Kleen Energy Systems plant remains too unstable to see
whether anyone is still trapped.
Authorities say different contractors were working at the site,
making it difficult to determine how many people were there during
the blast.
Sunday's explosion at the nearly completed plant in Middletown,
about 20 miles south of Hartford, killed at least five people and
injured a dozen or more. Officials say it happened as workers were
clearing a gas line of air.
Local, state and federal officials are investigating.
