May 9, 2014 · A natural gas release caused the deadly explosion that killed two people and injured 184 more at the Escambia County Central Booking and Detention Facility last week, authorities have announced.

May 1, 2014 · Shortly after 11 p.m., a gas explosion rocked the central booking area of the jail, killing two detainees, according to county officials. A total of 150 inmates and corrections officers were ...

May 1, 2014 · Everyone was accounted for after a powerful explosion ripped through the Escambia County Jail in Florida’s Panhandle and killed two inmates, Sheriff David Morgan said Thursday.

Feb 15, 2019 · A gas leak during severe weather in April 2014 caused the explosion. It killed two inmates, left a corrections officer paralyzed, and left more than 180 others injured. David Smoot was one of...

May 2, 2014 · The destruction occurred at 11 p.m. Wednesday when a blast caused by leaking natural gas tore through the laundry facility on the first floor of the Escambia County Jail Central Booking...

May 1, 2018 · There were 184 reported injuries, including correctional officers and inmates. About 600 inmates were inside when the explosion that was caused by a gas leak during the historic floods in April...

Jun 23, 2014 · Almost two months after a natural gas explosion at Escambia County's Central Booking and Detention Facility killed two inmates and injured 184 others, the county responded Sunday to another gas...

May 1, 2014 · The explosion occurred around 11:30 p.m. local time Wednesday in Escambia County jail's booking facility and caused the building to partially collapse, Kathleen Castro, the county's public...

Aug 29, 2014 · Escambia County released the findings of an county-funded jail blast investigation. ... “After correcting the gas leak at the propane tanks, no further reports were made to facilities of the smell of gas,” the report says. According to the report, Lt. Roberta Varvorine testified under oath that when her shift began at 7 p.m., there was no ...

May 1, 2014 · A powerful explosion, possibly from a gas leak, demolished part of a northwest Florida jail, killing two inmates and injuring some 150 others, officials said on Thursday.