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70 dead and 5 blocks have been destroyed.
It can be accident or sabotage.
It can be accident or sabotage.
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oh no that is awful...70 dead and 5 blocks have been destroyed.
It can be accident or sabotage.
Explosion hits fertilizer plant north of Waco, Texas - CNN.comoh no that is awful...
where did you get the casualty figures from?
WACO (CBSDFW.COM) - A fertilizer plant explosion in the town of West, north of Waco, has killed as many as 70 people and injured hundreds. However, no official numbers have been released.
Meanwhile, the residents of the town of 2,700 are being asked to evacuate due to ammonia fumes after the explosion of West Fertilizer. The plant is located at 1471 Jerry Mashek Drive, just off Interstate-35. School buses and ambulances are being used to evacuate residents from the area.
Firefighters had been called to the plant to battle a small fire around 7 p.m. Crews were working to bring the blaze under control when the explosion happened around 7:50 p.m. Officials have said firefighters are among the missing.
Nearly 70 dead, hundreds injured in Texas fertilizer plant explosion: Reportoh no that is awful...
where did you get the casualty figures from?
As of now, no such indications. This plant had previously been fined for lack of risk management planning.15 dead and 160 injured, the death toll may reach 50.
Is this related to some terrorist attack?
Let's see as this attack came just 2 days after Boston Bombings. These places(chemicals) are target for terrorist attacks.As of now, no such indications. This plant had previously been fined for lack of risk management plan.
Blast plant fined for lack of risk management plan, claimed 'no fire danger' — RT USA
100% should have said their own goddamn driving.I expect its just an accident.
Asked which events pose the biggest threat to the safety of average Americans, 56 percent of respondents said random acts of violence, such as mass shootings, committed by Americans; 32 percent said foreign terrorism committed by non-Americans; and 13 percent said politically or religiously motivated domestic terrorism committed by Americans.
Source: BBC News - Texas fertiliser plant blast: Fourteen bodies foundThe number of people killed in an explosion at a US fertiliser plant has risen from 12 to 14, after officials recovered two more bodies.
Another 200 people were reportedly hurt in the blast in the state of Texas.
Texas US Senator John Cornyn said some 60 people were thought to still be missing, but stressed the number was expected to come down as search and rescue efforts continued.
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