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Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 11:52 PM Apr 2013

Hundreds Believed Injured In Texas Fertilizer Plant Blast

WEST, Texas | Wed Apr 17, 2013 11:34pm EDT
(Reuters) - 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 8 p.m. CDT (0100 GMT on Thursday) in West, a town of some 2,700 people about 80 miles south of Dallas and 20 miles north of Waco.

A spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety, D.L. Wilson, told Reuters the blast had probably caused "hundreds of casualties" and damaged many homes.

He added that a nearby nursing home collapsed from the explosion and that people were believed trapped inside.

A Reuters reporter observed that a middle school and several homes in the area appeared to have been severely burned.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/18/us-usa-explosion-texas-idUSBRE93H02A20130418

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Hundreds Believed Injured In Texas Fertilizer Plant Blast (Original Post) Purveyor Apr 2013 OP
They are reporting at least 70 dead. n/t Horse with no Name Apr 2013 #1
Oh but this headline doesn't warrant LBN "George Beverly Shea - sang at Billy Graham Rallies" Purveyor Apr 2013 #2
There is an OP in LBN on the link below Tx4obama Apr 2013 #3
And now you are saying 5 in the LBN thread... Purveyor Apr 2013 #4
I posted what the EMS doctor said on the TV. I didn't make it up. n/t Tx4obama Apr 2013 #5
 

Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
2. Oh but this headline doesn't warrant LBN "George Beverly Shea - sang at Billy Graham Rallies"
Wed Apr 17, 2013, 11:56 PM
Apr 2013

gets priority this evening...

 

Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
4. And now you are saying 5 in the LBN thread...
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 12:15 AM
Apr 2013

I'm ignoring you too.

I'm tired of nanny mods.

Ban my ass if you see fit. I'm tired of this shit.

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