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Between five and 15 people are thought to have been killed by a huge explosion at a US fertiliser plant that witnesses said was "like a tornado".
More than 160 people were injured as dozens of homes and buildings were destroyed in the evening blast near Waco in the state of Texas.
Emergency services are still going from home to home trying to find survivors.
Three or four firefighters who had been tackling an earlier blaze at the site are still missing, police say.
Another member of the emergency services is now in hospital with severe injuries.
From http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22195495
The explosion apparently occured due to a fire in some kind of storage tank, which ignited the plants storage of Anhydrous ammonia, which can both cause burning, produce poisonous fumes when combined with water, and which becomes explosive when it comes into contact with air.
I wonder if this is another case of coorporations neglecting to follow safety regulations in the name of profits... If it is, then I find it horribly ironic that the damage is much greater from this event than from the terror attack on the Boston Marathon
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 6:48 pm
