GATESVILLE, Texas — The Latest on an explosion at a Central Texas hospital construction site (all times local):

One person has died following an explosion at a Texas hospital construction site. Text the word 'NEWS' to 22840

The Coryell County emergency management coordinator, Bob Harrell, said some of those injured had suffered severe burns and were taken to the Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, the Associated Press news agency reported. Hospital spokeswoman Carly Latham confirmed four people were injured, one critically Ambulances were requested from surrounding towns and cities as at least two area hospitals are on standby and are expecting to recieve injured victims, according to local media. Witnesses say the explosion happened when a generator exploded in an addition to the hospital that was under construction. Supplies are shipped from Coryell Memorial Healthcare System hospital to a private car after an explosion in a building under construction at the hospital injured several people, and knocked power out for a large portion of the city, Tuesday, June 26, 2018, in Gatesville, Texas. Initial reports said the explosion happened in a building that is currently under construction behind that will house a boiler and chillers.Two nearby nursing faciltilies on site, The Oaks and The Meadows were evacuated.
An explosion at a hospital in the U.S. state of Texas kills one person and injures multiple others. Search dogs are brought in to search the rubble; the building and nearby care homes are evacuated.