Fertilizer plant explodes in Texas, 100 expected injured.

[Gelston]

WACO (April 17, 2013)--West EMS Director Dr. George Smith says as many as 60 or 70 people died and hundreds were injured Wednesday night in a fertilizer plant explosion in West.
http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/Explosion-Injuries-Reported-At-West-Fertilizer-Plant-203505331.html

(CNN) -- An explosion ripped through a fertilizer plant Wednesday night in West Texas, causing dozens of injuries, officials said.
A hospital in Waco, Texas, has been told to anticipate 100 injured people coming in from the fertilizer plant area, an official at the medical facility said. Glenn Robinson, CEO of Hillcrest Hospital, said a field triage station was being set up on a football field near the plant some 18 miles north of Waco after the Wednesday night explosion.
"We have had a steady flow of patients coming in by ambulance as well as by private vehicles," Robinson told CNN's Anderson Cooper. He said more than a dozen injured people had been brought in by ambulances and "more than 20 -- that number is continuing to climb -- by private vehicle."

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/17/us/texas-explosion/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Images of it:

Close up just before the explosion
http://images.scribblelive.com/2013/4/18/a212f4ca-ea4c-4a91-816e-27b79152fa9c.png

Just after explosion

http://rt.com/files/news/1e/c5/40/00/1.jpg

[Whirlin]

that shit is deadly...

[Gelston]

http://www.kwkt.com/news/caught-camera-fertilizer-plant-explosion-near-waco

Video of the explosion

[DCSL]

Holy crap. Given the enormous fire, in the video before the explosion, it seems like everyone should have been evacuated anyway. Maybe that's why there are no reports of deaths so far.

[Gsgeek]

Bet that toasted that camera mans eyebrows. That was nuts.

[Gelston]

http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/Explosion-Injuries-Reported-At-West-Fertilizer-Plant-203505331.html

WACO (April 17, 2013)—A rescuer says five people died Wednesday night in a powerful explosion at a fertilizer plant in West that damaged nearby buildings and set others on fire, causing dozens of injuries, some critical.
No other details were provided.
Meanwhile, emergency crews were pulling back late Wednesday night because of concerns about the possibility of a second explosion.

[Gelston]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROrpKx3aIjA

Parent of the year.

[Gelston]

WACO (April 17, 2013)--West EMS Director Dr. George Smith says as many as 60 or 70 people died and hundreds were injured Wednesday night in a fertilizer plant explosion in West.

[Keller]

Take that, Boston.

Everything is bigger in Texas.

[Keller]

http://i.imgur.com/qp1vDlp.jpg

Supposedly the apartments

[Jayvn]

shit...waco again?

[Gelston]

shit...waco again?

Well, it is in West, Texas.. 20 miles north of Waco.

[Jayvn]

Just blew my own mind... the last waco incident..with koresh..the whole burning/mass suicide was almost 20 years to the day... April 19 1993.... Waco (close enough) fertilizer plant explodes April 17 2013.

[Jarvan]

The real question I have is this..

Who the fuck builds a middle school across from a fertilizer plant? I mean, I know I lack common sense at times, but this one would be a no brainer even for me.

[NinjasLeadTheWay]

The real question I have is this..

Who the fuck builds a middle school across from a fertilizer plant? I mean, I know I lack common sense at times, but this one would be a no brainer even for me.

Idiots.

[Tgo01]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROrpKx3aIjA

Parent of the year.

"You wanna see an explosion boy? YYYYYEEEEEEE HHHHHAAAAWWWWW!"

[Archigeek]

As an architect who specializes in the design of hazardous material spaces, I can tell you that it may not even be legal in today's building code. That plant should have been a quarter of a mile from the nearest building, and been no where near any school or residential space, and should have probably had berms built around the perimeter to absorb some of the blast. Very poor thinking by whomever put the plant there, or worse if the school was built after the plant. Fertilizer is basically the raw material for bomb making. The only thing worse would be like that plant Pepcon plant in Nevada that blew up. There's great video of that explosion, as a TV crew happened to catch it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJVOUgCm5Jk

[Keller]

As an architect who specializes in the design of hazardous material spaces, I can tell you that it may not even be legal in today's building code. That plant should have been a quarter of a mile from the nearest building, and been no where near any school or residential space, and should have probably had berms built around the perimeter to absorb some of the blast. Very poor thinking by whomever put the plant there, or worse if the school was built after the plant. Fertilizer is basically the raw material for bomb making. The only thing worse would be like that plant Pepcon plant in Nevada that blew up. There's great video of that explosion, as a TV crew happened to catch it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJVOUgCm5Jk

Texas is the land of freedom and doesn't need your wasteful regulations, socialist pig.

[Tgo01]

As an architect who specializes in the design of hazardous material spaces, I can tell you that it may not even be legal in today's building code. That plant should have been a quarter of a mile from the nearest building, and been no where near any school or residential space, and should have probably had berms built around the perimeter to absorb some of the blast. Very poor thinking by whomever put the plant there, or worse if the school was built after the plant. Fertilizer is basically the raw material for bomb making. The only thing worse would be like that plant Pepcon plant in Nevada that blew up. There's great video of that explosion, as a TV crew happened to catch it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJVOUgCm5Jk

So incompetent or corrupt city planners are worse than terrorists?

[Archigeek]

So incompetent or corrupt city planners are worse than terrorists?

Keller is probably closer to the truth, though every state in the union uses the same basic building code these days, even Texas. They all have their amendments, so each is a little different, but most of it is the same from state to state. The nuances are good income for me actually. Most people would prefer to hire an expert instead of slogging through code books.

[Manamethis]

"You wanna see an explosion boy? YYYYYEEEEEEE HHHHHAAAAWWWWW!"


Wow. 30 seconds in and BOOM.

Dad, I can't hear. Dad please get out of here.


My heart goes out to all those killed or injured in all these tragedies we've had to endure lately.