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Major Explosion in the town of West
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:53 pm
by 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
Re: Major Explosion in the town of West
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:55 pm
by 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".
Re: Major Explosion in the town of West
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:56 pm
by ajwakeboarder
I'm in Waco. I've been hearing the sirens for the past 30 min.
Re: Major Explosion in the town of West
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 9:05 pm
by 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.

Re: Major Explosion in the town of West
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 9:16 pm
by carlson1
Praying for the families and people involved.
Re: Major Explosion in the town of West
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 9:32 pm
by texanjoker
Re: Major Explosion in the town of West
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 9:52 pm
by 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.
Re: Major Explosion in the town of West
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:33 pm
by 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;
Re: Major Explosion in the town of West
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 11:16 pm
by Medic218
I'm sickened by this.
I'm interested to see what it all looks like once the sun rises.
Re: Major Explosion in the town of West
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 11:17 pm
by ajwakeboarder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROrpKx3aIjA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
video of the explosion.
CAUTION, language
Re: Major Explosion in the town of West
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 11:40 pm
by A-R
Re: Major Explosion in the town of West
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 11:57 pm
by Medic218
Little girl gave me chills
Re: Major Explosion in the town of West
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 12:24 am
by 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.)
Re: Major Explosion in the town of West
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 5:27 am
by jmra
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Fixed it. As others said, young ears warning.
Re: Major Explosion in the town of West
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 7:35 am
by 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.