The blast Wednesday evening at the West Fertilizer vegetation in West, Texas, killed an approximated five to 15 persons, said Sgt. William Patrick Swanton of the Waco Police Department, who was relaying information to the media.
"I understand that's a rough estimate," Swanton notified reporters, "but that's the best that I can give you."
West EMS controller Dr. George Smith, himself hurt and bloody, said that though he had not in person glimpsed bodies to verify killings, he accepted the blast slain at least two crisis responders to a fire at the plant before the primary blast and a person at a close by apartment that endured grave damage.
In supplement, some responders to the fire before the blast were accepted unaccounted for, according to Smith, Swanton and West head Tommy Muska.
Officials early this morning still were going door-to-door seeking for survivors in the explode zone.
They were treating the location of the blast as a crime scene.
"We are not indicating that it is a crime but we don't know," Swanton said. "What that means to us is that until we understand that it is an developed misfortune we will work it as a crime scene. ATF [the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives] is carrying out the main investigation."
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