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Which is a chemical at the plant and extreme ledee instruct tiff. they called in back up and began evacuating homes and businesses around that area. just about two hours later that's when the massive explosion occurred. it leveled about four to six blocks around the facility. so many folks are not able to be in their homes this evening because there was an evacuation area about 10 blocks around that plant. joining us on the phone now is jake herald. jake, are you still with us? >> yes, ma'am. >> jake, you work at the comfort suites in hillsboro, but you were home at the time. can you set it up...

0 suffer from the smoke inhalation and we are learning that the fumes were toxic. i believe it is anhurst ammonia, and you can correct me if i am wrong. that sounds pretty dangerous. >> i don't know my chemicals like i probably should, so i don't know the long-term impact of that, but our respiratory therapists are on site and we had almost a dozen of them available that knew what they were doing in order to treat these patients effectively along with the doctors who are caring for them. they had the right skills and the equipment to take care of their needs. unsure of what that looks like. >>...