Report: Workers missing after explosions rock Florida gas plant

TAVARES CITY, Fla. – A series of major explosions at a Florida gas plant has injured several workers and left others missing.

The Orlando Sentinel (http://bit.ly/1bDP0kb) reports Monday night Tavares City Administrator John Drury says 10 of 24 people working at Blue Rhino, a propane-take business there, have not been accounted for after the blasts.

Lake County Sheriff Gary Borders says the blasts occurred inside the plant and blew the roof off.

The newspaper reports that the blasts began about 11 p.m. and continued for about an hour.

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