PLANTATION, FL. (THECOUNT) — Florida Police and firefighters are on the scene a large explosion at a Florida shopping plaza. Multiple victims have been reported injured.

The explosion happened Saturday morning at a shopping center in Plantation, west of Fort Lauderdale in Broward County. The blast sent large pieces of debris about 100 yards across the street.

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The Plantation fire and police departments said on Twitter that the street was closed to traffic. The fire department called it a gas explosion with “multiple patients.”

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Geo quick facts: Plantation is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census the population was 84,955. It is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area – Wikipedia.