Massive Propane Plant Explosion in Florida

A propane plant in Florida owned by gas company Blue Rhino was a fireball overnight as a series of massive explosions sent flames soaring into the air and at least eight people to local hospitals.

“I thought we were being bombed.”

As local ABC affiliate reports:

Blue Rhino is a subsidiary of the larger gas company Ferrellgas, which is based in Kansas.

According to officials the facility contained approximately 53,000 of the 20-pound propane cylinders that most people associate with outdoor grills and other small gas-run appliances.

Witnesses reported dozens upon dozens of “booms” and at least fifty homes were evacuated in the surrounding communities.

“The windows shook in my house,” Lake County School Board member Debbie Stivender, who lives nearby, told the Orlando Sentinel. “I thought we were being bombed.”

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