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Authorities in Wisconsin said several people were taken to hospitals on Monday after an explosion and fire in a suburb of Madison. No deaths were reported immediately.
Sun Prairie, a community of about 30,000 people, was shaken by an explosion around 7:15 pm that sent a large plume of smoke and flames rising from downtown.
Sun Prairie firefighters and surrounding communities responded to the fire. Paul Logan, director of operations at the Dane County Sheriff's Office, said people had been taken to hospitals, but that there had been no deaths there.
Logan has said he did not have any other details, answer the calls immediately Logan said the department had evacuated its communications center.
Police blocked the streets of downtown Steve Owen, 60, owner of Sun City Cyclery and Skates in downtown Sun Prairie, said he saw firefighters and police officers on the street and that the explosion occurred. He said that the building in front of his store "literally raised."
He said that the force of the explosion overturned him in his chair and that he ran out and saw a fireball.
Owen, who lives above his shop, says: "Jill Thompson, 56, who lives about two s homes of & # 39; s where & # 39; s explosion & # 39; is produced, said: "It shook the whole building. saw the smoke immediately. "
The area is about half a block from the Town Hall.
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