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People farming community 80 miles south of dallas texas. this explosion so large some people in south dallas, about 80 miles away thought it was an earthquake. they felt the ground actually shake all of the way up there. that gives you a sense for how powerful a concussion was experienced. we are hearing from some of the first responders who were up close paernld. let's hear from texas department of public safety who characterizes this thing as a battlefield. listen. >> i was there. i walked through the blast area. cinched some houses earlier tonight. just like iraq, just like the murray build...

Tonight. massive. just like iraq. just like the murray building in oklahoma city. >> the local authorities telling us now they believe the greatest threat from the fire is over but they are still battling it. firefighters are still missing and the big "x" factor, potentially deadly gas could be ling eering in the air connecte to fertilizer, anhydrous ammonia. >> and this, a possible break in the boston marathon bombing. investigators identifying two possible suspects who were seen near the finish line, seen moments here before the blast. and we're waiting on test results to confirm what a le...

Hit the ground. i was trying to cover up my daughter because there was a lot of debris flying. and then after that, it was just basically search and rescue. >> reporter: the smoldering fire and fumes prevented rescue workers from getting near the plant. officials say the blast area resembles a war zone. >> massive. just like iraq. just like the murray building in oklahoma city. same kind of anhydrous exploded, so you can imagine what kind of damage we're looking at there. >> reporter: casualty numbers, john, still difficult to ascertain. we do know there are fatalities. that's been confirmed b...

Off. big old mushroom cloud. >> reporter: the blast was so strong it registered as a magnitude 2.1 earthquake. >> explosion on the horizon. >> a bomb just went off inside here. it's pretty bad. >> reporter: half of the town's 2600 residents were forced to evacuate. officials concerned about potentially deadly gas fumes and a second fertilizer tank that could also explode. people living near the plant feared for their lives. >> when it exploded, we all just hit the ground and i was trying to cover up my daughter because there was a lot of debris flying. within -- after that, it was just basical...

Murray building in oklahoma city. you can imagine what kind of damage we're looking at there. i know there was at least 75 to -- 50 to 75 houses damaged. there was an apartment complex that has about 50 units in it that was completely -- just skeletons standing up. there's a nursing home in the area with 133 people in the nursing home. we've got them evacuated. i don't know what injuries are there right now. all injuries have been removed to the scene and taken to hospitals in the waco area. we had numerous agencies helping us, all the way from the dallas-ft. worth area, we've had a great turn...