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From: Ralph Stuart <rstuart**At_Symbol_Here**UVM.EDU>
Subject: Explosion at Connecticut Power Plant
Date: Feb 7, 2010 22:28 UTC
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> An explosion at a power plant being built in Middletown ,Connecticut caused several injuries and fatalities. > > http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/6855851.html > =46rom the first paragraph: MIDDLETOWN, Conn. =97 An explosion blew apart a power plant under construction as workers purged natural gas lines Sunday, killing multiple people and injuring at least 14 in a blast that shook homes for miles, officials said. I believe that purging of natural gas lines was what the Chemical Safety Board was concerned with in the ConAgra explosion... - Ralph Ralph Stuart, CIH Environmental Safety Manager University of Vermont Environmental Safety Facility 667 Spear St. Burlington, VT 05405 rstuart**At_Symbol_Here**uvm.edu