Explosion tonight in Texas @ fertilizer plant

[stone]

I don't know all that's going on atm. I just turned the t.v. on and I see this flashing across the screen. Reports say it looks like a war zone. All I see on t.v. is a big fire.

prayers offered for those involved.



Numerous injuries reported in large explosion at Texas fertilizer plant | Fox News

 

[servant of Merciful Love]

Lord have mercy

 

[eastcoast_bsc]

I just heard. I hear scores are dead. Lord have mercy

 

[stone]

From the link in the op:

Debby Marak told The Associated Press that when she finished teaching her religion class Wednesday night, she noticed a lot of smoke coming from the area across town near the plant, which is near a nursing home.
She said she drove over to see what was happening, and that when she got out of her car two boys ran toward her screaming that the authorities told them to leave because the plant was going to explode. She said she drove about a block before the blast happened.
"It was like being in a tornado," the 58-year-old said by phone. "Stuff was flying everywhere. It blew out my windshield."
"It was like the whole earth shook."
She drove 10 blocks and called her husband and asked him to come get her. When they got to their home about 2 miles south of town, her husband told her what he'd seen: a huge fireball that rose like "a mushroom cloud."


Read more: Numerous injuries reported in large explosion at Texas fertilizer plant | Fox News

 

[Michie]

Ugh! I'm watching this on CNN now. Lord have mercy.

 

[Michie]

Dear Lord. The Mayor said 60 to 80 homes were flattened. Toxic fumes are being released into the air. Just a horrid situation. Continued prayers.

 

[FriendlyJosh]

This is absolutely horrible, they have my prayers :\ has the news said what caused it yet?

 

[S.ilvio]

Dear Lord. What a horrific scene

Prayers for all involved...

 

[Knee V]

We're several counties north of that explosion (we're just south of the Red River) and my wife felt the house rattle a little while I was at work. That was no small thing.

 

[Antigone]

This is absolutely horrible, they have my prayers :\ has the news said what caused it yet?

A fire at the factory apparently. Firefighters were already on the scene when the explosion occurred. Fertiliser is quite explosive.

 

[FriendlyJosh]

(warning part of it violent and has a bit of profanity)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROrpKx3aIjA video of it, found on reddit

 

[Anhelyna]

Poor people caught up in that.

Prayers for everyone

 

[AMDG]

I heard that it was nearly 100 homes that were flattened. Poor, poor people. Prayers.

 

[Michie]

Pope prays for Texas blast victims CWN - 0 hours ago
Pope Francis has asked the faithful to join him in prayer for the victims of a fertilizer-plant explosition in Texas. The Pope posted on his Twitter account: "Please join me in praying for the...

 

[eastcoast_bsc]

That is a lot of devastation. There will probably be more bodies that are found. I heard the blast was felt up to 80 miles away.