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For all of those people in the to town, you know, everybody -- i don't know if they've gotten them completely or not. >> can you see any of the properties that have been damaged by the explosion? >> yes, my house is totally destroyed. i had dogs in the house and it killed my dogs. >> your house is completely destroyed? >> yes. >> i'm so terribly sorry for you
>> yes, we're actually on our way to the scene right now. we're driving up from aus tennessee. austin. west texas sits just about half way between austin and waco. we're hearing that they're wanting to move people out of that area and evacuate i think a five-mile-radius around where the explosion happened. they are worried about the secondary explosion and what you were talk about earlier, potential toxic fumes that could do some more damage. >> as sanjay gupta was saying earlier, it is a multi-problem fire. you have the rescue situation where you have all of these homes that have been flatten...
Assessment of this disaster is in terms of injuries and potential fatalityties. >> when i heard the fire, i had the residents move to the oh side of the building. i was there when the explosion went off, so i got trapped in the glass and stuff that fell on me. >> there's been hundreds of people taking to local hospitals. they're trying to help the firefighters that are deceased from the explosion. i've heard very substantial rumors that there are three
Volunteer firefighters that have deceased from the explosion. and i'm with the county justice of the peace with another position in town. we've been told to expect heavy deceased people that we will help pronounce dead. like, right now, they're trying to get the fire under control and trying to get into the building there. >> dr. smith, do you know how many buildings have collapsed to this moment? >> no, because i really can't get to it. my son lives on one of the buildings collapsed. one of the streets closest to there. he was upstairs. he said the upstairs fell downstairs. but he says all of...
And your family. do you fear that many people may have been killed in this incident? >> right now, the massive explosion. >> i'm so sorry for what's happened to you. a couple of them has. it's hard to even think.