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Cnn ireport. let noise what's happening at the airport where you are. the town of west texas is getting ready for a visit from president obama and the first lady. they'll go to baylor, university, near by waco. 14 people died. several deceased first responders, volunteer fire department rushing in to save others. also volunteer ems workers. the plant, the blast has left the town, an area four, five blocks around the fertilizer plant in ruins. obviously trying to find a way to rebuild. it's a small town, a lot of good people there. a lot of people still suffering hard there. in the midwest, it'...

My understanding is that concern has been lifted but there is concern about this chemical that is typically stable but in the presence of a fire can actually become quite explosive and flammable. >> it's a nitrogen fertilizer that is in a gas form, naturally but is stored in a liquid form and is compressed and stored under very controlled temperatures. >> if it gets out of the typical conditions because the pressure from the tank goes away it is sort of lighter than air and wafts off into the atmosphere. in a condition like this though it can stay close to the ground and create an ammonia fog....

The houses were windows blown through, doors blown off the hinges and a lot of glass and debris everywhere in the 50 to 75 houses that i saw that were damaged. at that time, before they cleared all the ems workers out again due to the fact the plant might explode from secondary explosions, i did not see any other victims or people in the area. so that's a good sign. so hopefully we got everybody out of there. >> at this hour, the search is continuing. the emergency workers and the police, the first responders, are they still going house to house? >> sure, yeah. we're going to continue doing th...

To? dr. george smith says, an atom bomb. he sees that and he works through the night to try to help people even while his own force of the ems workers are not all accounted for at this moment. texas ems director george smith. he was speaking just after the explosion. a little while later we caught up with him again by phone. he was being treated for his own injuries in the hospital. he told us more about what he saw. >> one little boy, i understand, got up and was thrown through a wall. and one child actually got thrown through the wall of his house into the yard. his family member picked his ...

Team to victories in 74 and 75 he died with leslie days believed to have owned the plane. >> shepard: you see those pictures incan't believe nobody else got hurt. >> there incredible. several e.m.s. workers were near nearby and they were on the scene in seconds. confirmed all were accounted for. as for that aircraft and its safety record, listen to this. >> n. general, i'm unaware at this time of any safety issues. of course, we look at the safety record during our prolonged investigation. but at this time ntsb we focus on each investigation independently. >> so it's going to be months probabl...