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60-70 dead, hundreds hurt in Texas plant explosion

18 April, 2013

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CHICAGO: Some 60 to 70 people were killed and hundreds were injured by an explosion at a fertilizer plant outside Waco, Texas, local media reported, citing the local emergency manager.

The report could not be immediately verified by AFP, but KWTX television cited West Emergency Management Services Director George Smith as confirming the death toll.

The explosion comes as the United States was on edge as it pieces through deadly explosions that hit the Boston marathon on Monday, followed by letters, apparently poisoned with ricin, sent to President Barack Obama and a US senator.

Firefighters responding to the scene in West were also injured in a secondary blast, according to radio traffic by emergency managers being broadcast by CBS News.

"There has been an explosion on the fire scene, there are firefighters down at this time," a dispatcher said.

A man on the scene reported that "the restroom is severely damaged we have many people down."

Firefighters also said they were setting up a triage unit at an apartment building where people were trapped.

The explosion at the West Fertilizer plant occurred just before 8:00 pm (0100 GMT), Waco Assistant Fire Chief Don Yeager told.

The cause was not immediately known but he said it was a anhydrous ammonia explosion.

Fire departments from nearby jurisdictions rushed to the scene in the small town of West, north of Waco, where the blast was so powerful that it knocked down some nearby buildings, and set fire to others.

"An explosion has ignited adjacent structures to the plant," Yeager said.

The injured were being rushed to local hospitals.

Neighbors told local media that their windows were blown out by the force of the explosion.

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