(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Pensacola FloridaMay 01 - About 100 to 150 inmates and corrections officers were injured in a gas explosion at a jail in Pensacola Florida a county spokeswoman said.
Kathleen Castro said the explosion happened around 11 p.m. Wednesday in Escambia County jail's booking facility and caused the building to partially collapse. She said about 600 inmates were in the building at the time.
Castro didn't know if flooding in the area was a factor.
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