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Three die in Enron UK power blast

A third worker has died from injuries sustained from Wednesday's explosion at one of Europe's largest gas-fired power stations at Teesside, northern England, operator Enron said on Thursday.

"Sadly a third member of staff died overnight making three fatalities," a spokesman for the US energy group said.

"One other employee is in Middlesbrough hospital in a stable condition," he added.

Two workers were killed on Wednesday after an explosion rocked the 1,875 megawatt plant at around 1340 GMT. A fire that followed the blast led to an evacuation and shut-down of the plant which is on an industrial complex in the Grangetown district of Middlesbrough.

Britain's safety watchdog, the Health and Safety Executive has a team of inspectors at the plant, commissioned in 1992, investigating the cause of the explosion.

Local police have said they believe the incident was an industrial accident.

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