Workers killed in blast at power plant

FOURTEEN people were injured yesterday in an explosion at a power plant that was under construction in the United States.

Officials said there were fatalities at the Kleen Energy plant, in Middletown, south of Hartford, Connecticut, though they did not know how many.

Last night, a fire service spokesman said the number of injured was fewer than 50. A spokesman for the nearby Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, said 11 people had been brought in. Two were treated and released, eight were being treated for broken bones, abdominal injuries, blunt force trauma and similar injuries. Three were being treated at Hartford Hospital.