Officials: Preliminary reviews fail to show what might have caused deadly Conn. blast

Officials: No info yet on cause of Conn. blast

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. — Preliminary reviews by several state agencies have failed to reveal any problems that could have caused a Connecticut power plant to explode earlier this month, killing five people and wounding a dozen others.

The head of the state’s public utility regulator said Tuesday that a review of previous safety inspections of the gas pipeline leading to the Kleen Energy Systems plant in Middletown found nothing that would have raised red flags.

Officials revealed the preliminary findings at a meeting of representatives from six state agencies.

The state’s public safety commissioner says he expects investigators will finish their work at the scene of the Feb. 7 blast in a few weeks.