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Test Tex everything shows. The building. A huge explosion and we’ve got
take scattered all about three
area businesses blown apart
people
people and try to Kelly has an u on the victims who were injured but warned me start with you.
And you’re in a call it has been
eleven hours since this
explosion and crews are still
out here plantation police
department have blocked off this
entire parking lot with crime
scene tape and that is because
they don’t want to let.
Anyone close to all of that
debris we do know that the state
fire marshal is out here walking
through all of that debris
trying to determine.
How this explosion started?
Video from a nest camera outside
of a plantation home capturing
the sound of a massive explosion
inside the fountain shopping
center just before noon I just a
big.
Lights went out all the ceiling
tiles came down on top of us.
Everybody starts screaming with
dust everywhere as the dust
settled the destruction clear
twisted metal splintered wooden
damage vehicle spread across
this parking lot the building
where the explosion happened
destroyed.
Across the street in LA itness
filled
filled debris fielding consideri they would be all fire crews say the explosion may have ignited
near the bacon pizza fire
business still no word if a gas
leak is what caused.
All of this we’ve secured the
hazards there is no more gas
leak.
Are the electric has been
secured as well the state fire
marshal is here
>> Anchor: TEAM COVERAGE NEWS TO ALEX. SHE IS LIFE WITH DETAILS ABOUT
HOW BUSINESS OWNERS ARE COPING
WITH SERIOUS LOSS.
>> Reporter: AND IT HAS BEEN
QUITE A DAY OUT HERE.
AN EMOTIONAL DAY FOR SO MANY
PEOPLE.
WE HAVE SEEN THOSE IMAGES
ACROSS THE DAY.
THOSE BUSINESSES JUST FLATTENED
AND NO THE WORK BEGINS IN TERMS
OF FIGURING OUT WHAT BE.
AS A RESULT OF THIS EXPLOSION
THAT
HAPPENED TODAY.
>>> I HEARD THIS HUGE
EXPLOSION IT SOUNDED LIKE A
BOMB.
>>> BUSINESSES ARE GONE I HAVE
ZOOMED IN ON SO MANY PICTURES I
CANNOT RECOGNIZE ONE THING FROM
OUR CENTER.
>>> SHOULD CHAOS LOOMING OVER
THE PLAZA AND FOUNDATION WORK
AMANDA WAS WORKING NEXT DOOR
WHEN THE EXPLOSION WENT OFF.
>>> THE STORES GONE THERE ANYMO
>>> AS WAS THE SAME FOR THE
KIDS TO THE PLACE.
>>> WE WERE OPEN TODAY
SOMETHING GOD BECAUSE WE
WOULD’VE HAD 40 CHILDREN IN.
SCENE AS AN APOCALYPSE.
THE WHOLE PUZZLE FLATTENED.
>>> THE SOUND, THE BRIGHT
VIBRATIONS WERE FELT AND HURTS O
HEARD MILES AWAY.
SO MANY REPLAYING THE DAY AND
THANKFUL TO BE ALIVE.
>>> EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE
TO DO IS THE FIRST AND ON THE
ON ON YOUR MIND.
FOR ME IT WAS GET OUT.
THAT WAS IT.
I HAD TO GET OUT AND MAKE SURE
I WAS SAFE.
>>> IT HAS BEEN SUCH A CHAOTIC
DAY OUT HERE AS YOU JUST HEARD
ROY MENTIONED.
THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL VERY
MUCH ONGOING.
THIS IS AROUND HERE ARE NOT TOO
AFFECTED BY THAT EXPLOSION.
WE KNOW THE GAS HAS BEEN TURNED
OFF AT THIS MOMENT.
ALSO RIGHT NEXT TO THE LA
FITNESS WITHOUT PLAZA
SPECIFICALLY WHERE WE ARE NOW,
THE PUBLIC WAS SHUT DOWN FOR
QUITE SOME TIME.
THAT LOT HAS SINCE REOPENED BUT
WE UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS
QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE AS A
RESULT OF THE EXPLOSION AND
THEY ARE STILL CLOSED AT THIS
HOUR.
>> Anchor: IT’S UNFORTUNATE
FOR THOSE BUSINESSES AND
OWNERS.
THE EXPLOSION WAS FELT THAT
SEVERAL HOMES THAT WERE FAR
AWAY FROM THE SOURCE OF THE
BLAST.
WE HAVE A VIDEO WE WANT TO SHOW
YOU AGAIN.
THAT NEST SECURITY CAMERA
RECORDING THE IMPACT OF THE
EXPLOSION.
YOUR HEARING SEVERAL BLASTS
BECAUSE WE LOOPED THE VIDEO.
THERE WAS ONLY ONE MOMENT OF
EXPLOSION AND YOU CAN SEE THE
DOOR TO THE HOME SHAKING FROM
THE IMPACT.
>>> OTHER HOMES ARE SUSTAINING
PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.
THIS HOME AND THE SLIDING GLASS
DOOR SHATTERED IN THE AFTERMATH
OF THAT EXPLOSION.
>>> WAS SPOTTED ANOTHER HOME
THAT A PLAINTIFF WOULD DAMAGED.
THE PEOPLE IN THAT JOSC NOLAN
WAS INJURED.
>>> SO MANY PEOPLE ARE
IMPACTED BY THIS.
OUR TEAM COVERAGE MOVES TO
TRENT KELLY WHO HAS AN UPDATE
ON THE NEARLY 2 DOZEN PEOPLE
THAT WERE HURT.
>>> AT LEAST ONE PERSON IS IN
THE HOSPITAL.
TRENT IS LIVE IN FORT
LAUDERDALE.
>> Reporter: I CAN TELL YOU
THAT PATIENT WHO WAS INITIALLY
BROUGHT HERE WITH SERIOUS
INJURIES WAS SET TO BE DOING
MUCH BETTER TONIGHT.
THEIR CONDITION IS NOT UPGRADED
TO FAIR.
THIS WAS A BLAST THAT WAS SO
MASSIVE IT SENT A TOTAL OF 19
PATIENTS TO THREE DIFFERENT
HOSPITALS ACROSS THE AREA AND
IT CREATED QUITE A CHAOTIC
SCENE FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.
>>> THEY CHARGED MY CAR ND
THIS BUILDING BLEW UP.
THE BLEAK THE TREE BLEW UP AND
KNOCKED MY MOM DOWN.
>>> DEBRIS TORCH THROUGH THIS
PLANTATION SHOPPING PLAZA
SENDING 19 PEOPLE TO NEARBY HOSP
INCLUDING THE CHILD.
>>> WE PRETTY MUCH COMPLETED
THE SEARCH FOR THINK .
CAMERAS ON THE GROUND CAPTURING
SEVERAL PEOPLES DID IN ON THE
CURB WAITING TO BE CHECKED OUT
BY PARAMEDICS INCLUDING THIS
MAN WHO SAYS HE INJURED HIS
FOOT.
>>> I SAW THE EXPLOSION.
>>> THE VIDEO POSTED TO SOCIAL
SHOWS ONE MAN ON THE GROUND
WITH SEVERE CUTS BY STANDARDS
ARE APPLYING A MAKESHIFT CAMP
TO MAKE THE BLEEDING STOPPED.
>>> ONE GUY HAD EXACERBATIONS
ON HIS ARM AND INJURIES ON HIS
LEG.
ASK OTHERS ARE LITTLE BIT MORE
FORTUNATE INCLUDING THIS MAN
WHO ESCAPED WITH JUST BUSTED OUT
WHEN SHE.
WINDSHIELD.
OF 14 PEOPLE HAD TO BE TAKEN TO
THE MEDICAL CENTER WHERE
EVERYONE BUT ONE HAVE BEEN
BE THE MOST SERIOUSLY INJURED
WERE TRANSPORTED TO BROWARD
HEALTH INCLUDING A CHILD AND
ADULT RSHED OVER AS A TRAUMA
ALERT.
WHILE THE CHILD HAS BEEN
RELEASED THE OTHER PRE-PATIENT
IS IN FAIR CONDITION.
THE INJURIES WERE NOT ANY NOT
ANY WORSE.
>>> THE BUILDING JUST BLEW UP
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
IT ALMOST KILLED THESE PEOPLE
TODAY.
LOOKS A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE
FEELING VERY FORTUNATE TONIGHT
THAT THEIR INJURIES WERE NOT
ANY WORSE.
THAT ONE VICTIM IS STILL HERE
AT BROWARD HEALTH TONIGHT AND
HAS BEEN UPDATED TO FAIR
CONDITION I CAN TELL YOU AT