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19 Dec 2007

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Reuters

Explosion rocks Florida chemical plant

A massive explosion at a chemical plant shook an industrial district in Jacksonville, Florida on Wednesday, forcing evacuations and knocking out generators at a nearby electric utility, officials said. Fire and hazardous materials crews rushed to the scene of the explosion at the T2 Labs plant...Jacksonville Fire and Rescue spokesman Tom Francis described the scene as a "hellish inferno" and said rescuers were still looking for three missing people.