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Pictures: Middletown Plant Explosion

A natural gas leak may have caused a devastating explosion Sunday morning at the Kleen Energy Systems power plant being built south of Middletown on the Connecticut River.

Read full story: Middletown Power Plant Explosion Kills 5, Injures Many More
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A car damaged by the explosion Sunday and owned by a foreman on the site was hauled away by a flatbed truck belonging to Guy's Oil Service Center of Niantic Tuesday afternoon near the entrance to the Kleen Energy Systems main entrance.

Damaged Car

( STEPHEN DUNN / HARTFORD COURANT / February 9, 2010 )
A car damaged by the explosion Sunday and owned by a foreman on the site was hauled away by a flatbed truck belonging to Guy's Oil Service Center of Niantic Tuesday afternoon near the entrance to the Kleen Energy Systems main entrance.
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