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0 first". i am patti ann browne. >> i am heather cheryleds. -- heather childers. a town of 2800 people. half of the town has been evacuated so far as a result of this explosion that happened as at this fertilizer plant. we have been talking about the danger of the ammonia, anhydrous ammonia getting into the air. that's a major concern for responders and people living there as well. >> people are complaining of breathing problems as the toxic fumes spread. there's a talk of the change in the wind direction. they have already evacuated people on one side of this town 20 miles north ofwaco. they ...

this is a special edition of "nightline" with terry moran. >> good evening and welcome to boston here where we are here in the aftermath of the marathon bombings on monday and the accelerating investigation today. but we have breaking news tonight out of texas. just a few hours ago, there was a tremendous explosion at a fertilizer plant just north of waco. >> i can't hear, i can't hear! get out of here, please get out of here! please get out of here! please get out of here! please get out of here! >> you can get a sense of the tremendous force that was released in that explosion. the...

tearing through a fertilizer plant in the town of west, texas. dozens may be dead. hundreds are definitely injured. the blast leveling an apartment complex and badly damaging a nearby nursing home. >> i walked to the blast area. i searched some houses earlier tonight. massive. just like iraq. just like the murray building in oklahoma city. >> the fire may be out but the threat is far from over because a potentially deadly gas could be lingering in the air and officials fear it may be pushed further into community by shifting winds. in boston, a possible break in the marathon bombin...

>> i can't hear. i can't hear. get out of here, please get out of here! >> a massive plant explosion levels the small texas town. >> as many as 15 people kill. >> more than 160 people injured. >> everything that was like something out of a hor movie. >> destroyed dozens of homes. >> it registereded as a magnitude 2.1 earthquake. >> everybody needs to get away from there! >> we are missing several firefighters on the scene fighting the fire. >> the material that exploded in the fertilizer plant contains toxic fumes. ma . >> blast area is massive. just like iraq. >> leveling an apartme...

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