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Explosion. it blew the roof off of this plant. >> and, just explosions going on and on and on again. the backyard propane kind of canisters, according to eyewitnesses. pallets and pallets stacked with them. hundreds of them. hundred of them. going off like a shotgun blast many people described. again, tavares is about, a little north of orlando. and we're just told that you can see this for miles away. neighboring towns like mt. dora, people going out by the lake and watching what really looked like a -- a lightning storm with thunder. >> yes. fireballs in the sky. one mile in the sky -- a rad...

From chicago to brussels. >> and this is a hit show you cannot watch on conventional or table tv. it's tuesday, july 30th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. good tuesday morning. a busy morning. we'll get right to it. we're beginning with breaking news out of central florida. tremendous series of explosions at a gas plant overnight sending flames and smoke high into the air. >> police in tavares say at least seven of the workers were injured. there were reports that 15 were missing. they were all found. large propane tanks began exploding...

>> one-mile radius has been evacuated. but as far as five miles away people are claiming they could see not only the fireballs in the air, but they could also hear it and feel vibrations of the explosions. >> every time one goes off you hear the pop and see the big flash of light. >> that's true. we'll, of course, follow this story and bring you the very latest. but now we're going to turn to other news of the day. another headline this morning. the pope's surprise comments about gay priests. >> these remarks during an impromptu news conference as pope francis was returning from brazil. abc'...

Is no longer in danger. the evacuation is still in effect for the half mile radius. but at this point we don't feel that anyone is in immediate danger from the fire. we have no reported injuries from anyone in the surrounding neighborhood. all the injuries we have been made aware of are from those that were actually at the plant working tonight. >> john, you said 15 unaccounted for. is there anything being done at this point to try to find those people? is that possible at this point? >> at this point, the fire department, fire personnel they're doing what they can on scene, and they're reachi...

At this point we don't feel that anyone else -- no one else is no longer in danger. the evacuation is still in effect for the half mile radius. but at this point we don't feel that anyone is in immediate danger from the fire. we have no reported injuries from anyone in the surrounding neighborhood. all the injuries we have been made aware of are from those that were actually at the plant working tonight. >> john, you said 15 unaccounted for. is there anything being done at this point to try to find those people? is that possible at this point? >> at this point, the fire department, fire person...