Apartment complex near plant. Photo by WFAA-TV.
Posted on 04/17/2013 6:51:57 PM PDT by kristinn
A large explosion rocked the town of West, Texas, 19 miles north of Waco, on Wednesday evening.
A source tells News 8 that a large swath of the small town with a population of 2,800 has been leveled.
According to initial reports, the blast was at the West Fertilizer plant at 1471 Jerry Mashek Drive, about a half-mile east of Interstate 35.
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There is zoning where I live in Waco..zoning in Dallas..and suburbs.
Someone on twitter posted info that they are hearing between 50-60 dead God I hope that is NOT true
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From a KVUE link
“”We’ve heard that figure of 60 to 70 dead that’s coming from the county’s emergency management office down here,” said WFAA reporter Todd Unger a short distance from the blast epicenter. “I can tell you that a couple of law enforcement soucres expect that number to go up.”
at”We’ve heard that figure of 60 to 70 dead that’s coming from the county’s emergency management office down here,” said WFAA reporter Todd Unger a short distance from the blast epicenter. “I can tell you that a couple of law enforcement soucres expect that number to go up.”
And here, even our HOAs aren't run by Nazis. They mostly do a good job. My neighbor runs the local association -- he's active in the NRA and the Tea Party. We have a blast on Earth Day when we fire up all kinds of motors, turn on all the lights and generally make a point to annoy the guy across the street who hails from Nashua, NH and whose car has that stupid COEXIST sticker next to his Obama 2012 sticker.
horrifying
We are being told to expect storms in Austin by morning,,80% chance of rain,,arriving on the edge of a cold front.
True. Could. But won't. It is Texas.
A small town of a little over 2000. If you don't know someone you know someone who does.
Does anyone know how far away the apartment complex was from the plant?
A friend of mine has suicide vest and pickle switch stickers that neatly cover the middle of the C in that particular bumper sticker...
when it rains it pours
T @rachelveronica: OKC Chemical Plant fire confirmed...Anyone in OKC know what the heck is going on
Dispatcher announced any truck needing diesel to go to the baseball field. Wayne Construction has 1000 gallons they’ll five them.
But now it can get killed the other way. While they’re rebuilding might as well build more so it’s a new town with plenty more extra places to absorb many of the refugees from California. The town gets killed by overgrowth too fast.
The first responders to the fire before the explosion...not feeling good about their surviving this.
Waco and many many communites are all joining to help..
I hate this..So sad.
Prayers continue.
500 feet.
Its not the anniversary. The anniversary is April 19th. This is April 17th. Put your tin foil hat away.
Here ya go.
Lightning Strike SparksTank Battery Fire Near Union City
http://www.newson6.com/story/21858582/crews-battle-tank-battery-fire-near-union-city?source=related
link was posted at https://twitter.com/rachelveronica
which is where the post you saw originated I believe.
She was on CNN and said her husband is okay.
You just have to wonder what a liberal expects to find when they move to Texas. Rainbow flags, OWS, and drumming circles? Geeez...
Do us all a favor and keep making life miserable for him :-)
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