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"Several large propane tanks in central Florida exploded late Monday night, injuring eight employees, at least three of whom are in critical condition. The plant refills 20-pound propane tanks for backyard grilling. According to officials, human error combined with equipment failure caused the series of blasts that consumed the Blue Rhino plant in Tavares, FL. Lt. John Herrell of the Lake County Sheriff&amp;#039;s Office said there were no fatalities, and management believes &amp;quot;all of those they knew were there have been accounted for.&amp;quot; About 25 people were working at the plant around 11 P.M. EST when the accident happened, Lt. Herrell said. Firefighters couldn&amp;#039;t approach the flames until about four hours after they arrived because of the dangerous conditions. Officials reduced the evacuation zone from a one-mile radius to a half-mile radius on Tuesday morning after determining that the fire was contained and wouldn&amp;#039;t spread to other parts of the plant. Crews continue to sweep through the plant to make sure there are no more propane leaks, while the fire marshal remains on site to conduct a full investigation. Nearby residents heard the explosions and saw the flames, though none of them were injured. &amp;quot;I thought we were being bombed,&amp;quot; said Debbie Stivender, who lives near the plant. Marni Whitehead, who lives less than a mile away from the site, said she heard a loud boom as she was going to sleep and thought a car had crashed into her house. After heading outside, she said, &amp;quot;we knew right away it was the plant. After that, it was just sort of panic.&amp;quot; She further described the explosions like fireworks on the Fourth of July. Our thoughts are with those the propane explosion at Blue Rhino has affected. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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