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Community => Serious Topics => Topic started by: idolminds on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 10:28:37 PM
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It is not a good week. It appears the plant caught on fire and then exploded. And if you know fertilizer, you know that that shit was huge. The sad part is many firefighters and such were responding to the fire and were most likely killed.
I read estimates online of 60-70 dead. EDIT: No official death toll. Guess we'll know more by morning. Major damages to buildings within 5 blocks.
Registered as a 2.1 earthquake (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000g9yl#summary) in Dallas....80 miles away.
Dude was filming the fire and caught...well, the first part of it. Warning: really scared girl, possibly injured. Shes not on camera.
Also, dudes in Texas, you better be checking the news. The cloud coming off this thing probably isn't the best thing to breathe.
From reddit:
Update (12:05): From D.L. Wilson (Dept. of Public Safety):
50-75 homes destroyed, as well as a 50 unit apartment building
All known injured have been treated or evacuated
8-10 block radius has been evacuated due to fumes
Possible additional evacuation if wind shifts
133 evacuated from nursing home
house by house searches will continue throughout night
firefighters are currently unable to battle fire at fertilizer plant due to fumes and explosion danger, area continues to smolder but fire is contained
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Holy shit.
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Woah...
I am thinking that screaming girl was just shocked.
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I would imagine she's going to be ok. The dad apparently uploaded the video, which I probably wouldn't be doing if that weren't the case.
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I haven't seen the video yet and I think you may have scared me off it.
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haha nothing of that nature... don't worry... watch it. You can barely hear someone scream in the back when the explosion happens.
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Jesus. Fall asleep and wake up to this.
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Wow
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haha nothing of that nature... don't worry... watch it. You can barely hear someone scream in the back when the explosion happens.
OK I saw a different video to what Idol posted initially. Because YouTube is blocked here I can't access links so I have to search and I assumed I was watching the same thing Idol posted. I wasn't. What I saw was the same video, but edited to remove the end bit and zoomed in.
Anyway, this is a bit more shocking but I am sure they are all OK. The girl said she couldn't 'hear'.