FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM – Twelve people have been confirmed dead after a fertilizer plant exploded in this small Central Texas town, and 25 houses in the blast area remain to be searched, DPS officials said Friday morning.
Two hundred people were injured in the powerful blast just before 8 p.m. Wednesday.
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Some 150 buildings have been cleared, and 50 houses have been destroyed, said Sgt. Jason Reyes of the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Searchers were continuing to look for victims as the sun rose over the town of 2,800 just north of Waco.
Read more at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
