(Reuters) - More than 100 inmates and guards were injured in an explosion at a jail in northern Florida late on Wednesday, an official said.
The blast partly leveled the four-story Escambia County Jail's central booking facility, which held roughly 600 inmates, at about 11 p.m., said county spokeswoman Kathleen Castro. No deaths or fugitives were reported.
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