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Getting some relief. somebody will come in and take over my spot. i don't know who that is. for those of you that don't know me, i am a waco police sergeant for the city of waco. i'm the spokesperson for waco pd. my name is sergeant william patrick swanton. i'm the spokesperson for the police department in waco. we got called out here last night about 9:30 and we've been here ever since. i don't work for west pd. i don't work for mclennan county. those guys are tied up at this point so we're helping every bit that we can. it's not just us. there are numerous agencies, law enforceme enforcement...

Skeletons in the sky. do you know where those are? i believe we have a press conference and i have to interrupt you at this point, stacy, but we will be back with you shortly. let's head to the press conference out of west, texas. >> we are going to continue to do that. there is still a lot of unknowns at this point. but we are working on getting answers to you. fair enough? let me tell you who i am. my name is sergeant william patrick swanton. i am a spokesperson for the waco police department. the reason i am here tonight is west has called us to assist. i am here with trooper bill from the ...

0 three-mile radium set up of a no-fly zone in the event of a potential second explosion. in addition to making sure that the injured are tended to, officials were going door-to-door to ensure that if there was anyone who was trapped or needed assistance, they were provided that. an eyewitness who lives in that community, reported that she received a text message from someone in triage in a those searches were over. that's one source on the ground. nbc has not officially confirmed that. we have heard from other hospitals in the area that they are treating burn victims, which, of course, would ...

0 suffer from the smoke inhalation and we are learning that the fumes were toxic. i believe it is anhurst ammonia, and you can correct me if i am wrong. that sounds pretty dangerous. >> i don't know my chemicals like i probably should, so i don't know the long-term impact of that, but our respiratory therapists are on site and we had almost a dozen of them available that knew what they were doing in order to treat these patients effectively along with the doctors who are caring for them. they had the right skills and the equipment to take care of their needs. unsure of what that looks like. >>...

0 and by 7:45 they realized the fire was out of control and the fire chief ordered all of his men out of the burning plant. it was too late. seven minutes later the plant exploded. the explosion could be felt up to 70 miles away. i was in kaufman county covering the d.a. murders there and i was inside a building and the windows shook. we thought it's not supposed to be raining. the thunderstorms aren't supposed to be here for several hours. that must have been a big gust of wind. a few minutes later the cell phones started going off and we knew it was much worse than that. a terrible explosion...