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Four Children Injured in Miami Building Explosion

Updated: 08-30-2007 02:30:41
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MIAMI --

An explosion on Thursday caused a fire that has engulfed at least
two buildings at 550 N.W. 17th St., according to reports.

Reports of an explosion at the Tower Park Plaza Apartments came
in shortly before noon Thursday. A gas explosion may have been the
cause of the fire.

Local 10 learned that four children were injured in the fire. Two
girls, ages 17 and 9, and two boys, ages 12 and 10, are being
treated at Jackson Memorial Hospital for varying degrees of burns,
according to Local 10.

Detective Delrish Moss of Miami police department said that two
good Samaritans pulled the children out of the home.

A firefighter was also injured after falling 15 feet off of a
ladder and he is being transported also to Jackson Memorial
Hospital.

Plumes of thick black smoke could be seen from the sky near
downtown Miami.

A former employee of Local 10 said he was driving on Interstate
395 when he heard an "enormous explosion" and then saw ashes fall on
his car.

The roof of at least one building had completely burned down.

Firefighters have the blaza under control but are watching for
hot spots.

Copyright 2007 by Local10.com. All rights reserved. This material
may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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