Chlorine Explosion Injures 4 at Water Plant

BERTHOUD, Colo. (AP) — A chlorine explosion at a water treatment plant injured four people Friday and heavily damaged the facility, authorities said.

No water-quality problems were expected because other plants in the system were still operating, said Judy Dahl, business manager for the Little Thompson Water District.

Authorities asked 500 people to evacuate their homes as a precaution while crews cleaned up, said Larimer County sheriff’s spokeswoman Eloise Campanella.

A truck was unloading chemicals at the Carter Lake Filtration Plant, about 40 miles north of Denver, when the explosion happened, but it wasn’t clear what set it off, Dahl said.

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