Gas explosion at Florida shopping plaza injures 'multiple' people | 10News WTSP
Twenty people were injured after a vacant pizza restaurant exploded in a South Florida shopping plaza Saturday, according to police.
The blast sent debris flying along a busy road in Plantation, west of Fort Lauderdale in Broward County. The restaurant was destroyed, and nearby businesses were damaged.
The Plantation fire department called it a gas explosion. The blast scattered large pieces of concrete as far as 50 yards away and sent pieces of metal as far as 100 yards across the street.