PHOTOS: SpaceX explosion seen for miles

(Erin Head/Twitter)

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CAPE CANAVERAL, FL (KTRK) -- SpaceX was conducting a test firing of its unmanned rocket when a blast occurred this morning. View photos of the scene in the gallery above.

Explosion rocks SpaceX site at Kennedy Space Center

SpaceX explosion on camera

Witnesses say there were several blasts and a huge plumes of black smoke coming from the SpaceX launch site

Explosion at #spacex. Can't be good. pic.twitter.com/sK5tvFCZGP
— Erin Head (@ErinHead_HIM) September 1, 2016

There is NO threat to general public from catastrophic abort during static test fire at SpaceX launch pad at CCAFS this morning.
— Brevard EOC (@BrevardEOC) September 1, 2016