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Is his fellow firefighters who are unaccounted for. >> that is the moment of the massive explosion. you have to keep in mind hundreds of firefighters are there fighting the fire that you see right before the explosion, and that is what is so frightening right now, and that is what has people in west texas so scared right now. the volunteer firefighters, their husbands, their brothers and sisters in some cases, and these men and women who were fighting this fire clearly were way close to this blast scene which registered 2.1 on the richter scale. it was felt 50 miles away. again, we have fatali...

Blast scene, they are knowing and they're trying to -- unknowing and trying to determine what caused it. >> brian: thanks so much. mike white, giving us instant analysis on the explosive fertilizer and the dangers for those in the community. thanks so much, mike. >> you're welcome. >> brian: the question a lot of you have is wait a second. was this a danger? was it out of control? was this a chronic violator of epa policies? we've only found one case as of now where it did actually suffer a $2,300 penalty that was august 14, 2006. >> steve: that was. we asked earlier, somebody who lives in the...

That it was anything but bombs. we were hoping that they were celebratory cannons so we were trying to get close to the scene and take charge. >> really what is going on here in terms of the investigation, how do you think the news media got so out of control on this today? >> i don't know exactly the answer to that, lawrence. people are hungry for information. i understand that. and not just in the media to scope the story but in the general public. it's the kind of investigation that requires going through those several blocks around the blast scene, square inch by square inch, and that is s...

Blast scene at the finish line, the agents pick up and put back together painstakingly put back together the remnants. i guarantee they can put back that backpack to what it looks like. they are going, hey, this looks just like that backpack. and so that's how they are putting this together and they believe these guys are acting in concert. they probably have them on somebody's iphone or digital speaking somewhere on the sidewalk. so that's probably -- we don't know for sure but that's likely how they did it. >> what preparations do they make before they go public with the photos to move these...

And fears that it is not quite resolved. we still tonight know when is behind it and then you had the letters to a u.s. senator and the president of the united states that raised fears that something were growing more worrisome. who would know better than on all of the above than our catherine herridge who has been piecing together experts piecing together what caused everything that happened on marathon day. what do you got? >> thank you. a short time ago the f.b.i. taking the unusual step of releasing a statement that there are no arrests and warning of unintentional consequences for the inv...