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Right underneath the bridge at the lake and the whole bridge shook. >> how far away do you think that is? >> about 10, 15 miles from here. >> so it was a big explosion. >> yes. it sounded like somebody had a blowout on the bridge but there were no cars passing. >> sergeant w. patrick swanton just wrapped up a news conference. hes a spokesperson for a waco police department. heres some of what he had to say. >> at this point, we dont know a number that have been killed. i will confirm there have ...

Evening. 7:50 p.m. local time. when the tanks exploded, causing this, perhaps, large explosion that were talking about, that measured 2.1 on the richter scale. were there gases that went up into the air? and how were they going to address the problems that would result from that? if youre just join us on msnbc. breaking news. were watching whats happening in west, texas, the town of west, texas. 2,800 people. the press briefing, the news briefing we just heard from, as sergeant william swanson w...

Last night. >> we were listening together to sergeant william swanson, from the waco police department, who is in the town of west to assist them. and he was saying, there at 7:50, about six hours ago, their concern were the very containers that were holding this anhydrous ammonia. and under these sorts of concentrations, when theyre placed in these containers, is when the danger is the most. >> exactly. >> thats what they were trying to fight earlier on. wasnt it? and then, he described it as, ...

2:52 local time in the town of west, texas. about 20 miles outside of waco, texas. we continue to watch what is happening, when we come back. were going the look at the safety record of the plant that exploded there in the town of west, texas. stay with us. on your prepaid card?

Numerous injuries have been removed from the scene to the hospital. weve taken them into our city limits, into waco, to hillcrest, and providence hospital where theyre being treated. hillcrest hospital is our primary trauma care center. the majority of the injured were taken there. the overflow was taken to providence hospital, as well, inside waco. at this time, we are still trying to evacuate some of the homes. we are going house-to-house, business-to-business, and were seeing quite a bit of d...

>> we havent been close enough to see it. we saw the aerials of the triage area that was set up on the high school football field. dozens of ambulances from all over the region were there. doctors, nurses, helicopters from dallas and ft. worth and as far away as waco, 20 miles away, all here, assisting the injured. a huge triage area. suddenly, they realized that theyre too close to the plant. the plant was still on fire. there were tanks of anhydrous ammonia nearby. it was too dangerous to stay...

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