West, Texas explosion- Fertilizer plant

[thepittman]

The firefight dispatch on the ground trying to put out the fire before they were blown up-

https://soundcloud.com/alertpage-1/west ... on-initial

[Kovy27]

Fertilizer can be used to make bombs. Who in their right mind would take a kid to watch a fertilizer plant fire?

And then this guy posts the video. Father of the year.

People from Texas, obviously.

[DudeMan2766]

So this was an accident right??

[Kovy27]

So this was an accident right??

Uhh...maybe? Who the hell knows anymore.

[MRandall25]

So this was an accident right??

Don't see why it wouldn't be. Looks like a fire broke out.

[Godric]

Has anyone been confirmed injured or killed?

[thepittman]

[DudeMan2766]

So this was an accident right??

Uhh...maybe? Who the hell knows anymore.

Thats why I was asking. I have the tv on in the background, trying to do some work, im on this board, so I dont have even the half story. Who knows anymore.

[thepittman]

Has anyone been confirmed injured or killed?

the local TV station said 60-70 dead, hundreds more injured

[Godric]

tragic

[Kovy27]

Has anyone been confirmed injured or killed?

the local TV station said 60-70 dead, hundreds more injured

CNN said 2 confirmed, but how many people were running away from that fire from the plant...holy ****.

[Grunthy]

It most likely was an accident. Fertilizer and fire don't mix well. Thoughts and payers to all involved.

[Kovy27]

@BuzzFeedNews: 70 confirmed dead, including 5 firefighters and 1 police officer. Hundreds others injured in explosion, @KHOU reports

[thepittman]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10 ... =2&theater

[DudeMan2766]

what a week

That facebook video is something else

[thepittman]

The apartment complex-

[llipgh2]

This is eerie. NYT April 1947

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general ... /0416.html

[blackjack68]

Nightline had 0 confirmed dead but many injured.

[Ad@m]

The explosion was registered as a 2.1 magnitude seismic event twenty miles away.

[Sam's Drunk Dog]

Looks like that plant had been on fire for a while. Did they evacuate the area around the plant?

[shafnutz05]

Horrific news to wake up to. Terrible

[shafnutz05]

That YT video... my god

[columbia]

That's some serious ****.

[Pens Fan Since 1970]

Waco, TX....

Wasn't the Waco Cult thing on April 20th?

I think the Waco thing was at the end of Feb and the Oklahoma City bombing and Columbine were both around this date.

[columbia]

So the plant was pretty much adjacent to a neighborhood, nursing home and middle school.
Oy vey.....who approved that idea?