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Hit the ground. i was trying to cover up my daughter because there was a lot of debris flying. and then after that, it was just basically search and rescue. >> reporter: the smoldering fire and fumes prevented rescue workers from getting near the plant. officials say the blast area resembles a war zone. >> massive. just like iraq. just like the murray building in oklahoma city. same kind of anhydrous exploded, so you can imagine what kind of damage were looking at there. >> reporter: casualty nu...

That are not secured, potential for more roof cave-ins. to answer your question you asked earlier, from what i understand, the fire department feels comfortable saying theyve got the fire under control. im assuming that they are still there watching that fire and making sure that it doesnt advance. >> and any other structures -- >> obviously, there was a school in the neighborhood. thank god that the school was out. that is something that before that school resumes, they will obviously go in. i ...

Activity that has occurred. i have just been updated that the fire is is still ongoing at the fertilizer plant, however, it is somewhat contained and controlled. but it is still an issue based on potential for that to erupt again and cause further damage. i have also been told that the atmosphere in the general area is safe, that they dont expect that to change over the next few hours even though we are having some weather issues here. wind is shifting from one direction to the other due to a fr...

>> is there anything to indicate from the radio traffic that it would have been intentionally set? >> nothing at this point indicates that we have had criminal activity. however, we are absolutely not ruling that out. the investigators will keep an open mind and they will determine as they get through this investigation. >> was this an all-volunteer fire department? >> i dont have an answer to that question. im not sure. >> what were they fighting the fire with? >> i know they had their apparatu...

Businesses. we know that we have casualties. we are uncertain of the numbers. i can tell you at this point we still have people missing. we still have firefighters missing that were there working the fire. i dont like to guess but were hearing from anywhere from 5 to 15 casualties, fatalities at this point and those numbers could rise once we are able to get into some of the homes and be able to search through rubble. >> we understand that its still so early and our hearts go out to you there an...

He said it has been a frantic, frantic night. one of the things thats interesting that they do say is at this point, as the night has progressed, they have enough emergency personnel on the ground to help out in is the mayor speaking right now, tommy muska. >> im going to give a brief statement on the activities over the last 12 hours. approximately 7:30 the west fertilizer plant was on fire, fully consumed. the west volunteer fire department responded. approximately 7:55, the plant exploded. ap...

This is cnn breaking news. >> that explosion in west, texas, at a fertilizer plant so powerful it was measured and registered as an earthquake. thats how powerful it was. following a massive fire there, ongoing situation. dozens of people feared dead. hundreds, over 150 people injured, being sent to local hospitals. still much unknown about whats going on in west, texas, as they are trying to get it under control. >> listen to the description on the ground. >> the ball of fire, went up and looke...

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Letters were laced with ricin. a. >> im john berman, live in boston. >> we begin in the small town of west, texas, about 20 miles west of waco. it resembles a war zone this morning. it was rocked overnight by a chemical explosion and a fire at fertilizer plant. that blast captured on video. just incredible. dozens of homes or buildings were leveled or damaged. the towns mayor telling cnn what that explosion felt like. >> i have never seen an explosion like that. a ball of fire went up. looked li...

People and get people to safety and trying to contain some of the fires. last night was horrific for so many people who were trapped, literally trapped in breezy point, calling 911 saying, my house is on fire, or the house next to me is on fire and no one could get to them. its anyones worst nightmare and yet today the skies are clearing up, we are thankful that to my knowledge there hasnt been anyone who was killed by a fire in breezy point. you know, but its just total, total devastation. >> l...