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Welcome back. we are covering this fertilizer explosion. just a massive situation in west, texas. we got some pictures now of a mushroom cloud, new pictures. take a look at this. that is the massive, massive mushroom cloud the mayor described earlier on the telephone. >> this is tommy musca you're about to hear. he is also a volunteer firefighter who says he was on his way to fight a fire that occurred at this chemical plant when it exploded. >> what i do know is approximately 6:30 there was a fire at the fertilizer plant on jerry marshall drive, north of the city of west. approximately 7:00 t...

Explosion, clearly the wor worst-case scenario. we know that officials told us that the operating assumption is an industrial accident, but they are treating it as a crime scene, investigating it as a crime scene, but they have no reason to believe it wasn't a very dangerous and terrible industrial accident. guys. >> christine romans, standard operating procedure down there for them. calling them a crime scene. proof that they want it to be an industrial accident. >> everyone has eyes on this situation. texas music legend, taken to twitter, expressing concern over this massive fertilizer explo...

Breaking snuz out of the town of west, texas. initial estimates of hundreds of injured and estimates of fatalalities after a fertilizer explosion in the town of west, that's about 20 miles from waco, texas. at this time the fire reportedly continues to burn. it also did extensive damage to the surrounding area, damaging 75 to 100 buildings. we'll be right back with more on this developing breaking news story. [ male announcer ] why is kellogg's crunchy nut so delicious?

Referred us back to the football field. i helped triage. i helped move residents, people to where they needed to go, accounted for residents making sure that the residents were accounted for. >> denise day thank you so much for joining us. denise day a nurse at the nursing home right in the vicinity of this fertilizer explosion. good luck to you today. >> thank you. >> so brave to go back and try to rescue more people at the nursing home and try to pull them to safety. we want to talk a little bit more about the injuries that have been afflicted so far possibly any additional injuries that cou...

Empty. i would think there are always people there, maybe ten people. the farmers around here come in and out all the time to get the anhydrous for their field so there's always somebody usually there. >> has there been incident -- certainly not like this but has there been any incident like this at the plant in the past? >> no, i've lived in west almost my whole life and i've never heard of the fertilizer plant being on fire to anything like this. not at all. >> crystal, if you can stay with us, i definitely want to talk to you a little bit more. we're going to quickly go to a break. we're co...