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  • Official: 5 unaccounted for after Conn. Blast

    JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN Associated Press Writers MIDDLETOWN, Conn.

    About five people remain unaccounted for after a deadly explosion at an under-construction power plant, and a section of the site was too unstable to search, a fire official said this morning.. Sunday morning's blast at the Kleen Energy Systems plant in Middletown, about 20 miles south of Hartford, killed at least five people and injured a dozen or more others. It happened as workers were clearing gas lines of air. Middletown Deputy Fire Marshal Al Santostefano said officials have verified the whereabouts of 95 percent of...