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Essentially, stripped bare a 50-unit apartment building. this is a photograph that was on twitter. and it was posted by a volunteer firefighter, not far from the fertilizer plant. this is a small town. everything seems to be very close together. this is why the police are tribing a seen just like the murray building and the oklahoma city bombing as well. lets find out more whats happening right now in west texas. chris sedhini from kxan joins us on the phone. chris, youre there in west texas rig...

Hydrogen. when exposed to humans, it can cause breathing dpif cu ining d earation of the eyes, nose or throat, exposure in high concentrations can lead to death that. of course, is the big concern here. when its released in the air, the vapors initially move close to the ground, causing a greatest risk for exposure. >> that takes a states policeman spoke to the media after returning from the area close to the blast. he described a scene of wide devastation. >> i can tell you, i was there. i sear...

People living near the plant feared for their lives. >> when it exploded, we all just hit the ground, and i was trying to cover up my daughter because there was a lot of debris flying. within -- 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 explo...

>> the blast shows a plume of smoke in the air. and the u.s. geological survey says the blast was a magnitude 2.1. >> we do have confirmed fatalities. the number is not current yet. it could go up by the minute. were in there searching the area right now. and making sure that it any of the other people around there, and the firefighters are trying to be safe. theres a lot of wind and theres still small flames and they dont want to get the firefighters hurt or injured inside the blast area. i can...

Some more help, the whole 1500 block of still meadow. my son lives there. he was on the second floor. that whole street is gone. >> beat up, hurts. but im alive, so happy. i was actually picked up and thrown about ten feet because i was standing at the end of my bed and then where i landed was by the bathroom about ten feet closer into the house. thank god i went upstairs, because if i hadnt, the couch that i had been on when i came down i looked at it, the couch wasnt there. >> this is a horrif...

People farming community 80 miles south of dallas texas. this explosion so large some people in south dallas, about 80 miles away thought it was an earthquake. they felt the ground actually shake all of the way up there. that gives you a sense for how powerful a concussion was experienced. we are hearing from some of the first responders who were up close paernld. lets hear from texas department of public safety who characterizes this thing as a battlefield. listen. >> i was there. i walked thro...

Tonight. massive. just like iraq. just like the murray building in oklahoma city. >> the local authorities telling us now they believe the greatest threat from the fire is over but they are still battling it. firefighters are still missing and the big "x" factor, potentially deadly gas could be ling eering in the air connecte to fertilizer, anhydrous ammonia. >> and this, a possible break in the boston marathon bombing. investigators identifying two possible suspects who were seen near the finis...

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...

Off. big old mushroom cloud. >> reporter: the blast was so strong it registered as a magnitude 2.1 earthquake. >> explosion on the horizon. >> a bomb just went off inside here. its pretty bad. >> reporter: half of the towns 2600 residents were forced to evacuate. officials concerned about potentially deadly gas fumes and a second fertilizer tank that could also explode. people living near the plant feared for their lives. >> when it exploded, we all just hit the ground and i was trying to cover ...

Murray building in oklahoma city. you can imagine what kind of damage were looking at there. i know there was at least 75 to -- 50 to 75 houses damaged. there was an apartment complex that has about 50 units in it that was completely -- just skeletons standing up. theres a nursing home in the area with 133 people in the nursing home. weve got them evacuated. i dont know what injuries are there right now. all injuries have been removed to the scene and taken to hospitals in the waco area. we had ...