WEST, TEXAS: Hundreds of people were likely injured in a fiery
explosion on Wednesday night at a fertilizer plant near Waco, Texas,
that damaged or destroyed numerous buildings, including a nursing
home, authorities said.
The blast was reported at about 8pm CDT (0100 GMT on Thursday) in West
, a town of some 2,700 people about 80 miles (129 km) south of Dallas
and 20 miles (32 km) north of Waco.
A spokesman for the Texas department of public safety , DL Wilson,
told Reuters the blasthad resulted in "probably hundreds of
casualties," saying he did not know if any of those were fatalities.
He added that a nearby nursing home collapsed from the explosion and
that people were believed to be trapped inside.
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