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For all of those people in the to town, you know, everybody -- i dont know if theyve gotten them completely or not. >> can you see any of the properties that have been damaged by the explosion? >> yes, my house is totally destroyed. i had dogs in the house and it killed my dogs. >> your house is completely destroyed? >> yes. >> im so terribly sorry for you

>> yes, were actually on our way to the scene right now. were driving up from aus tennessee. austin. west texas sits just about half way between austin and waco. were hearing that theyre wanting to move people out of that area and evacuate i think a five-mile-radius around where the explosion happened. they are worried about the secondary explosion and what you were talk about earlier, potential toxic fumes that could do some more damage. >> as sanjay gupta was saying earlier, it is a multi-prob...

Assessment of this disaster is in terms of injuries and potential fatalityties. >> when i heard the fire, i had the residents move to the oh side of the building. i was there when the explosion went off, so i got trapped in the glass and stuff that fell on me. >> theres been hundreds of people taking to local hospitals. theyre trying to help the firefighters that are deceased from the explosion. ive heard very substantial rumors that there are three

Volunteer firefighters that have deceased from the explosion. and im with the county justice of the peace with another position in town. weve been told to expect heavy deceased people that we will help pronounce dead. like, right now, theyre trying to get the fire under control and trying to get into the building there. >> dr. smith, do you know how many buildings have collapsed to this moment? >> no, because i really cant get to it. my son lives on one of the buildings collapsed. one of the str...

And your family. do you fear that many people may have been killed in this incident? >> right now, the massive explosion. >> im so sorry for whats happened to you. a couple of them has. its hard to even think.

Im here with sanjay gupta. this is develop, we dont know how severe these injuries are. we dont know if people are dead. but you do know about these kinds of injuries. >> and we hear about fertilizer plants in particular, being a concern. some of the concerns are the same concerns you would see in any particular explosion. the sorts of blast injuries weve been talking about here in boston. >> as you know from the explosions here in boston, went to 9 different hospitals. that number is going to e...

Enormous power. huge ball of fire. this tremendous noise. we were just playing it again there. you can only imagine if you were a resident near that. youve heard people as much as 40 miles away felt some kind of aftershock. the latest pitches that weve been seeing, as well as the area, it looks like a huge bomb site. really devastating. >> yeah, it really is. and one of the e-mails that we received was talking about the several pronged challenge. the initial treage center was there and we heard ...

So a lot of work to be done here tonight. >> i really appreciate you jiening me, thank you for taking the time. >> im joined now by marti marti mckalups. this is a pretty devastating incident. how much is the red cross ininvolved? >> were all closely ininvolved with this. we come in and make sure we take care of the physical needs of the people who have been displaced and provide comfort and hope over their recovery. and in terms of what youre hearing on the ground, are we right in hearing that ...

>> i eenl rigm right now at th center outside of west. i was about two blocks away responding to the fire when it exploded. >> were getting conflicted reports, but it would seem a very large number of peoples properties and homes have been -- >> its about a five-block radius of the fertilizer plant. >> so how many homes do you think have been flattened in this? >> oh, 60, maybe 80. one school, one nursing home, one apartment. >> and do you expect there have been many people that have died in the...

About 20, 25 on the way to us right now. >> the death toll at the moment is three people. but were being told that there are scores of firefighters who >> the information is that there originally are fighting if tire was a fire at this fertilizer who remainin unaccounted for afr plant and fire officers were attending to the fire when exploezed. the explosion. clearly, there are a large number of properties. weve heard 10, 15, to as many as 60 or more that have been completely flattened by the ex...