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Right underneath the bridge at the lake and the whole bridge shook. >> how far away do you think that is? >> about 10, 15 miles from here. >> so it was a big explosion. >> yes. it sounded like somebody had a blowout on the bridge but there were no cars passing. >> sergeant w. patrick swanton just wrapped up a news conference. he's a spokesperson for a waco police department. here's some of what he had to say. >> at this point, we don't know a number that have been killed. i will confirm there have been fatalities. i think we'll see those fatalities increase towards the morning. numerous injuri...

Evening. 7:50 p.m. local time. when the tanks exploded, causing this, perhaps, large explosion that we're talking about, that measured 2.1 on the richter scale. were there gases that went up into the air? and how were they going to address the problems that would result from that? if you're just join us on msnbc. breaking news. we're watching what's happening in west, texas, the town of west, texas. 2,800 people. the press briefing, the news briefing we just heard from, as sergeant william swanson was describing to us. a close-knit town. he was from waco. he had come to west, texas, to assist,...

Last night. >> we were listening together to sergeant william swanson, from the waco police department, who is in the town of west to assist them. and he was saying, there at 7:50, about six hours ago, their concern were the very containers that were holding this anhydrous ammonia. and under these sorts of concentrations, when they're placed in these containers, is when the danger is the most. >> exactly. >> that's what they were trying to fight earlier on. wasn't it? and then, he described it as, well, a lost battle. >> yeah. i was listening to the scanner traffic. a replay of the scanner tra...

2:52 local time in the town of west, texas. about 20 miles outside of waco, texas. we continue to watch what is happening, when we come back. we're going the look at the safety record of the plant that exploded there in the town of west, texas. stay with us. on your prepaid card?

Numerous injuries have been removed from the scene to the hospital. we've taken them into our city limits, into waco, to hillcrest, and providence hospital where they're being treated. hillcrest hospital is our primary trauma care center. the majority of the injured were taken there. the overflow was taken to providence hospital, as well, inside waco. at this time, we are still trying to evacuate some of the homes. we are going house-to-house, business-to-business, and we're seeing quite a bit of devastation in that area. what they're trying to do is move people away, still. they're having to ...