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2 dead, more than 100 injured in Florida jail explosion (UPDATE)

Other News Materials 1 May 2014 14:47 (UTC +04:00)
At least two people are dead and more than 100 others are injured after an apparent gas explosion at a Florida jail (USA), authorities said, with the blast likely related to recent flooding in the region, ABC News reported.
2 dead, more than 100 injured in Florida jail explosion (UPDATE)

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At least two people are dead and more than 100 others are injured after an apparent gas explosion at a Florida jail (USA), authorities said, with the blast likely related to recent flooding in the region, ABC News reported.

The explosion happened around 11 p.m. Wednesday at the Escambia County Central Booking and Detention Facility, said Kathleen Dough-Castro, the Public Information Officer for Escambia County.

Pensacola Police Officer Maria Landy told ABC News Radio that two people have died, but at this point there's no word on whether those victims are inmates or guards.

Injured inmates have been transferred to area hospitals.

About 600 uninjured prisoners were evacuated by bus and transferred to other detention facilities in the area, Dough-Castro said. No inmates are known to have escaped.

Authorities are investigating the cause of the explosion.

Escambia County is located in the western part of the state.

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