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mobeau69

(12,402 posts) Sat Jul 6, 2019, 12:44 PM Jul 2019

BREAKING NEWS: Gas explosion rocks Florida shopping plaza, injuries reported [View all]

Source: WFTV9 ABC

PLANTATION, Fla. - Police and firefighters are investigating an explosion at a South Florida shopping plaza that injured multiple people.

The explosion happened Saturday morning at a shopping center west of Fort Lauderdale in Broward County.

The blast sent large pieces of debris about 100 yards across the street, officials said.

Read more: https://www.wftv.com/news/local/breaking-news-gas-explosion-rocks-florida-shopping-plaza-injuries-reported/964480168

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BREAKING NEWS: Gas explosion rocks Florida shopping plaza, injuries reported [View all] mobeau69 Jul 2019 OP

This is near my office in plantation. We heard the boom in my neighborhood, some 7 miles away MaryMagdaline Jul 2019 #1

CNN just did a breaking BumRushDaShow Jul 2019 #2

Pics from CNN - Leghorn21 Jul 2019 #3

I grew up in Sunrise bluevoter4life Jul 2019 #4

Me, too! It's a very busy shopping plaza, lots of foot traffic MaryMagdaline Jul 2019 #5

Most definitely bluevoter4life Jul 2019 #12

Meant to say me, too to this post, not the prior one MaryMagdaline Jul 2019 #14

I was going through the Peters road light when the explosion happened... Callmecrazy Jul 2019 #6

What time did the explosion occur? Nay Jul 2019 #7

11:15? maybe... Callmecrazy Jul 2019 #9

Thanks. I was hoping for earlier, so that fewer people would be there. Nay Jul 2019 #11

Wow! Heard university was closed MaryMagdaline Jul 2019 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Callmecrazy Jul 2019 #8

Infrastructure needs to be a top priority or random people are going to pay with their lives. Brainfodder Jul 2019 #10