Two inmates dead, scores injured, in suspected gas explosion at Florida jail

(Reuters) - Two inmates were killed and roughly 150 prisoners and guards injured in an apparent gas explosion at a jail in northwest Florida late on Wednesday, and county officials said many had been treated and released by Thursday morning.

The blast partially levelled the four-story Escambia County Jail's central booking facility in Pensacola, which held roughly 600 inmates, at about 11 p.m., county spokeswoman Kathleen Castro said. No escapes were reported.