Major Explosion in the town of West

[ajwakeboarder]

Apparently there was a major explosion at a Fertilizer plant in West. From what i'm hearing there are people trapped inside and several buildings are on fire including a school. Firefighters are being deployed from all over. Please keep them in your prayers

[SF18C]

http://fox17online.com/2013/04/17/explo ... -reported/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


DPS officers are taking victims in their vehicles from West to Hillcrest Hospital in Waco, TX - Dispatcher say "disaster situation".

[ajwakeboarder]

I'm in Waco. I've been hearing the sirens for the past 30 min.

[K.Mooneyham]

A friend of a friend on FB posted a pic taken from some distance away on I-35. HUGE smoke cloud. Fertilizer is dangerous stuff under the wrong circumstances. I'm sure it was a tragic accident, and I'd like to hope that nobody got hurt too badly, but I'm very afraid I'm very wrong.

[carlson1]

Praying for the families and people involved.

[texanjoker]

http://rt.com/usa/texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion-036/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Moby]

My wife and daughter were at Volleyball practice in Midlothian, more than an hour drive away from there.
They said the basketball hoops and doors shook. She called me and asked if I felt the earthquake.

[Carry-a-Kimber]

Saying now up to 15 dead.
http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/Expl ... evice=ipad" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Medic218]

I'm sickened by this.
I'm interested to see what it all looks like once the sun rises.

[ajwakeboarder]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROrpKx3aIjA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

video of the explosion.
CAUTION, language

[A-R]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROrpKx3aIjA

video of the explosion.
CAUTION, language

[Medic218]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROrpKx3aIjA

video of the explosion.
CAUTION, language

Little girl gave me chills

[tornado]

I've been stuck watching coverage. Time to get some sleep.

Praying for the people of West and all the responders.

Side note: now I'm hungry for kolaches. (Not making light of the situation. Just the main association many of us have with West.)

[jmra]

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=ROrpKx3aIjA[/youtube]
Fixed it. As others said, young ears warning.

[Keith B]

Prayers for all. Very sad. They say 5-6 of the first responding volunteer firefighters are missing. The numbers will climb as they say a 4 block area is bascially leveled. Around 160 injured that they are aware of.