Dayton Power and Light said it'll be assessing the facility and completing a full investigation before restoring operations

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WEBVTT ION.IT COULD BE HEARD AND FELT FORMILES.>> MY FIANCE AND I BOTH HEARDTHIS LOUD EXPLOSION, AND THEWINDOWS STARTED SHAKING. DAN: AND PROMPTED A HUGEEMERGENCY RESPONSE.AN EXPLOSION AT DAYTON POWER ANDLIGHT'S J.M. STUART GENERATINGSTATION IN ADAMS COUNTY.PLANT WORKER MATTHEW MEYER SAYSTHE SOUND CAUGHT HIS ATTENTIONIMMEDIATELY, AS HE SAT AT AFRIEND'S HOME NEARBY.>> I HEARD A BIG BOOM, YOU KNOW,AND I THOUGHT THEY WAS JUSTCLEANING THE UNITS OUT LIKE THEUSUALLY DO WHEN I'M AT WORK, YOUKNOW, IT'S REAL LOUD. DAN: D.P. AND L OFFICIALS SAYSIX PEOPLE WERE TREATED FOR NONLIFE-THREATENING INJURIES, ANDEVERYONE WAS ACCOUNTED FORFOLLOWING THE EXPLOSION.AN EMPLOYEE AT THE COAL ANDDIESEL GENERATOR FACILITY TOLDUS THE EXPLOSION HAPPENED INUNIT ONE, A WAREHOUSE WITH ATURBINE HE BELIEVED WAS THESOURCE OF IT ALL.HE SHARED PICTURES HE SAYS SHOWEXTENSIVE DAMAGE, AND TOLD USSTEAM WAS POURING OUT OF THATAREA.HE TOLD US STEAM MOVES THETURBINES.>> IT'S JUST, IT'S CRAZY BECAUSETHERE ARE SO MANY FRIENDS THAT IGOT DOWN THERE AND PEOPLE THAT IWORK WITH, YOU KNOW, AND JUSTTHANKFULLY AND LUCKILY EVERYONEWAS ALRIGHT. DAN: HUNDREDS WERE SENT HOME,ACCORDING TO AN EMPLOYEE THERETODAY.PEOPLE HERE SAY THAT'S ABLESSING, GRATEFUL NO ONE DIED.>> EVERYBODY'S DEFINITELY GOINGTO BE THANKFUL THAT THEIR LOVEDONES ARE COMING HOME FROM THEPOWER PLANT TONIGHT. DAN: TONIGHT D.P. AND LOFFICIALS SAY THE PLANT ISCLOSED.THEY'LL BE ASSESSING THEFACILITY AND COMPLETING A FULLINVESTIGATION BEFORE RESTORINGOPERATIONS.RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO TIME TABLE

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Six people are recovering after an explosion at a Dayton Power and Light plant in Adams County. The explosion prompted a massive response and evacuation on Tuesday. Officials with the plant said an investigation is now underway to determine what happened. Workers and people who live near the DP&L plant, J.M. Stuart Generating Station, are grateful no one is dead as they try to figure out what caused the ground-shaking explosion. It could be heard and felt for miles. "My fiance and I both heard this loud explosion and the windows started shaking," Jessica Updyke said. Plant worker Matthew Meyer said the sound caught his attention immediately as he sat at a friend's home nearby. "I heard a big boom, you know, and I thought they was just cleaning the units out like they usually do when I'm at work. You know, it's real loud," he said. DP&L officials said six people were treated for injuries that were described as non-life-threatening and everyone was accounted for following the explosion. An employee at the coal and diesel generator facility told us the explosion happened in Unit One. He described the area as a warehouse in which equipment and a turbine, which he believes was the source of the explosion, were stored. He shared pictures he said show extensive damage and told us steam had been pouring out of that area. He told us steam moves the turbines. "It's just, it's crazy because there are so many friends that I got down there and people that I work with, you know, and just, thankfully and luckily, everyone was alright," Meyer said. At least 300 people work at the plant. Hundreds were sent home according to an employee at the plant. According to Mary Kabel, a spokesperson for Dayton Power & Light, "The plant was evacuated and preliminary reports have accounted for all DP&L employees and contractors." Kabel added that the details surrounding the explosion are unknown, but officials said they are looking into the generator as a possible source of the explosion. People we talked with said that was a blessing and also told us they were grateful no one died. "Everybody's definitely going to be thankful that their loved ones are coming home from the power plant tonight," Updyke said. DP&L officials said the plant is closed for now. They said they'll be assessing the facility and completing a full investigation before restoring operations. At this point, officials could not provide a timetable for when operations would be restored. We also asked DP&L officials about any history of incidents at the plant and a spokeswoman told us there have been no other incidents of this nature in the past. The Adams County sheriff said it does not appear there was foul play involved and said he believed there was some sort of malfunction. This is the second plant explosion Tuesday in the Tri-State area. Around 11 a.m., a silo exploded a the Perfetti Van Melle plant in Erlanger. No injuries were reported.