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Happened, what went wrong, will be based on forensic science because the records and everything that was in that facility that could tell them things like how much and what sort of chemicals and what kind of fertilizers, that was obliterated along with the plant itself with that terrible explosion on wednesday night. so going in there, and everything in that explosion zone is considered evidence. that would include say the debris, that would include the kind of damage that was done, the blast pattern coming out from the plant itself. it would even include the victims' bodies and that's one of ...

This morning about what kinds of chemicals were stored at that ten acre site. cnn's martin savidge joins us now from west, texas, with the very latest. good morning to you, martin. >> good morning, zoraida. getting the answers to those questions like how much material was there in that plant is going to be difficult, because all the records, everything, obliterated with that incredible blast. behind us here is the primary checkpoint to get in to the affected neighborhood. it's actually the road that would have led to the fertilizer plant. but most of those people who were affected by this terr...

Nuclear power plant. another explosion is likely in another reactor in the same plant. we are joined now by an exexpert from london. thank you, malcolm, from joining us. we're getting conflicting reports of what stage things are at. we're hearing the latest was the situation is becoming under control. very difficult to find out exactly what's going on there. i want to ask you, first of all, 20-kilometer explosion zone has been set up. in a worst-case scenario, is that going to be enough? >> i think so. we're stressing the explosion we saw yesterday -- this will sound a very strange thing to sa...

Safety agency has been saying. they are working on two assumptions. one is that in one of the reactors there is a high possibility of a meltdown. the other assumption is of another possibility, a lower possibility of a meltdown in the third reactor. two reactors affected there. what are they doing about it? they are pumping more sea water into them to try and get the water level up to cool the reactor. so far, that hasn't been working. but at the same time, radiation is being detected in the atmosphere. the government says not to a degree that's going to harm people. but they had clear the peo...

Hospital. it causes an irritant. they were not badly injured, but the plant out of an abundance of caution has instituted a one-and-a-half mile exclusion zone out of the plant. it suffered six feet of water. it is not the water that has set off these chemicals. it is the lack of refrigeration. the power went out in the mapla and this is something officials at the plant thought would happen in the days ahead. they knew that this was a very likely event that would happen, and it is happening. the chemical safety board has started an investigation into the first explosion, and this one is being w...