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We have verified the times are different from what we first thought. fire call came in at 7:29 local time. the west fire department responded to that call. it was in the process of working an akctive fire at the fertilizr plant. at 7:53 p.m. we got the first call of an explosion at the plant. those of you that have seen the video understand the devastating effects of that explosion. it was a significant explosion. i have talked to the troops that are on the ground there now that were going door to door and there are homes leveled, there are businesses leveled, there is massive devastation in t...

Their resources will start going house to house and work to turn up any deaths that have happened because of the explosion. i will take questions let me call on you please and speak loud enough so i can hear. >> why call this a crime scene from the beginning, why not a different way. >> better crawl it a crime scene and industrial accident. we always start looking at worse case scenarios. that's what we are doing here. i can tell you i have heard no indications that this was anything other than an accidental fire. however, the investigators in this case have not been able to get inside and see...

High alert following the events of boston this week. it is important to point out the mayor of this community believes this was nothing more than an accident. this was not intentional. obviously a lot of people jump to conclusion and your mientd races about what we have been dealing with in the wake of the boston marathon attack. the mayor saying this was strictly an accident because there was a fire burning at the fertilizer plant near some anhydrous ammonia tanks. and then right there on the front lines they were trying to get the fire under control. they have set a press conference after th...

In the town of west texas which could mean more areas might have to be evacuated due to the possibility of toxic fumes which were unleashed by this blast. >> anhydrous ammonia. maria molina joins us with the weather. i was speak to go you earlier, winds could be a problem. any rain could help. you were mentioning the possibility of lightening which would not be a good thing. >> lightening would not be a good thing. also looking at the possibility some of these storms that could be impacting this region could pack a punch in terms of large hail and also more damaging wind gusts. 60 miles an hou...

>> well, i was working in the kitchen at the steakhouse where i work at, the -- one of the waitresses said there was fire departments flying past, so the staff went outside to the streets to look down see where it was coming from what was going on. we looked down there we saw the fire a couple blocks away, the boss told us that we were going to close down early due to what was going on and everything. as me and joey the guy that i work with, we walked into the kitchen to go and cloels everything down and shut down the restaurant for the night and the lights went out and we heard this loud boom...