2 Dead, 1 Missing in Blast at Veterans Hospital Outbuilding

2 Dead, 1 Missing in Blast at Veterans Hospital Outbuilding
An ambulance in a file photo. Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters
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WEST HAVEN, Conn.—An apparent steam explosion in a maintenance building at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Connecticut killed two people Friday, and a third person is missing, officials said.

“We received a report this morning that an explosion occurred at the West Haven campus of the VA Connecticut Healthcare System that resulted in two deaths in a non-patient care area,” VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said in a statement.