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>> i can't even absorb everything right now. you know, when i got to my mom, i was just like... i was just like... i was so worried about my brother, you know? that hijust talked to, told him where i was, you know? and i just... it's just so much. i mean, i feel like i'm numb. i can't even feel whatever it is that i am supposed to feel. >> this is a fox news alert. in washington, we are continuing to cover the devastation in west texas, right outside of waco, where we learned there was an explosion around 8:00 p.m. yesterday evening. joining us on the phone is becca stroud, who works at a mote...

Have made it to the scene. >> i know you said it's a farming community. but has anything like this happened before, or living in waco, have you ever experienced fear of this happening or heard stories or safety precautions for things like this? >> caller: not that i am aware of. you hear about things that happened -- mines collapsing across the country. just random things that -- that -- disasters. but when it happens in your own backyard, it's kind of a shock and you are not really sure how to act. >> right. i know that obviously, the community is a little bit -- excuse me -- a lot of it in s...

There. let us get more information. once we get that, we will come back out and give what you we can. i know you have a million questions. but we have to get those answered for you. >> we heard from the sheriff. in this incident, there are over 100 injuries. he did say that we do have fatalities and i quote him on that. although we do not have a number right now. there are still flames smoldering inside of that fertilizer plant and in fact, it is a, emitting toxic fumes. so there is an 8-to 10-block radius that is evacuated. and if the winds do shift, there will be more evacuations for folks o...

Tonight. massive -- just like iraq. just like the murray building in oklahoma city. same kind -- hydrous exploded. so you can imagine the damage we are looking at out there. i know there were at least 75 -- 50 to 75 houses damaged. there is apartment complex that has about 50 units in it that was completely... just skeleton standing up. there is a nursing home in the area that had 133 people in the nursing home. we have them evacuated. i don't know what their injuries are there right now. but all injuries have been removed from the scene and taken to local hospitals in the waco area. we have n...