WEST, Texas - Rescue workers searched the wreckage of a fertilizer plant on Thursday for survivors of a fiery explosion that killed as many as 15 people, injured more than 160 and leveled houses in a small Texas city.
Three to four volunteer firefighters were among the missing following the explosion on Wednesday night, said Sgt. William Patrick Swanton of the Waco, Texas, police department.
Firefighters had responded to a fire at the West Fertilizer Co. before the 8 p.m. blast that rocked West, a town of 2,700 people about 20 miles (32 km) north of Waco.
The death toll remained estimated at five to 15 people, Swanton said at a news conference in Waco on Thursday. “That’s a rough number,” he said.
http://www.torontosun.com/2013/04/17/hundreds-of-injuries-likely-from-texas-fertilizer-plant-blast-official
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