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The smoldering fires, remnants of it, but at the same time it certainly hampers any efforts of your first responders. do you have a number on how many homes and properties were destroyed? >> i've heard numbers from 600 to the newspaper this morning said 1,000. it's a significant number of homes. i think the official count, that's part of this recovery effort, is cataloging and getting exact numbers. so i imagine those numbers will change over time. but we're talking significant numbers of homes, yes. >> it's extraordinary. and where are people going? they've lost their homes, they've lost ever...

With. they are my cousins. >> translator: you sell merchandise here at the market? >> translator: yes. >> rafael romo joins us now with more on this. rafael, what's the latest in terms of getting this fire under control? because at one point they were just letting the fireworks explode. >> yeah, that's right, john. at this hour firefighters continue to work at the scene trying to put out some of the smoldering fires that still remain at the scene. but again, we're talking about 29 dead people. 72 injured. among them according to the governor of the state of mexico where this happened, three mi...

Me as some smoldering fires that continued, not only in the homes in the neighborhood but also inside the fertilizer plant itself. obviously, they're going to want to be very careful in entering any of the structures, whether it's a home, a business or the fertilizer plant, because we certainly don't want any more casualties from this fire. yes, ma'am. >> sir, that north side of town they have -- [ inaudible ] >> i have asked that question specifically about the environmental impact and the potential for that to continue. have i been told by the emergency management people that are downtown th...

The fire at that plant? does it continue to burn this morning? are they still worried about the possibility of other explosions? >> we're told it is smoldering. there is always the danger of another flare-up. they said, frankly, throughout the darkness of the night, they've been concentrating more on rescue and relief than on dampening down the last of the smoldering fires. it's generally under control. >> david scott, live in west, texas. thank you for that report. federal agents arrested a mississippi man overnight, suspected of sending letters contaminated with poison to president obama a...