BREAKING: Multiple people injured after a huge gas explosion at a LA Fitness gym in Florida
- A triage area has been set up at The Fountains shopping center in Plantation
- The explosion happened Saturday morning at the gym, west of Fort Lauderdale
- Plantation Fire Rescue confirmed there are multiple patients
- The blast sent large pieces of debris about 100 yards across the street
- Witnesses said a vacant restaurant appeared to be the source of the explosion
A huge gas explosion has rocked a Florida gym leaving ‘multiple patients’ and buildings badly damaged.
A triage area has been set up at the scene of the The LA Fitness at The Fountains shopping center in Plantation.
Plantation Fire Rescue confirmed there are multiple patients.
The explosion happened Saturday morning at the shopping center, west of Fort Lauderdale in Broward County.
The blast sent large pieces of debris about 100 yards across the street and left windows shattered.
Fire departments from Plantation, Davie, Lauderhill, Coral Springs, and Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue are all at the shopping center on South University Drive and Peters Road, local reports confirm.
Roads nearby are said to have been shut down amid the carnage.
The Sun-Sentinel newspaper reported that witnesses said a vacant restaurant appeared to be the source of the explosion.
Evan Hoffman, 47, was working out with wife Stacey when he heard a ‘huge bang’.
He said: ‘A huge, huge bang, thump, almost, explosion. It started shaking back and forth and the roof tiles started crashing down and the power went out.
‘We saw Good Samaritans carrying the injured. There’s a lot of damage, a lot of damage.’
The explosion happened Saturday morning at the shopping center, west of Fort Lauderdale in Broward County. The blast sent large pieces of debris about 100 yards across the street