WATCH: Video shows windows blown out of an LA Fitness gym and wreckage scattered across the ground after explosion at South Florida shopping center. 15-20 people were injured, 2 of them seriously, fire officials say.
Minyvonne Burke and Associated Press
Plantation Police spokeswoman Jessica Ryan said at a news conference on Saturday afternoon that 21 to 22 people were injured in the blast, two of them seriously. Authorities are still searching for victims but believe everyone has been accounted for, the fire official said.Alex Carver, who works at a deli across the street from where the blast occurred, told The Associated Press that he initially thought the loud boom was thunder.
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