major explosion reported at fertilizer plant near Waco, TX

Seriously? Boston and Waco? I hope this was an accident or we are witnessing S starting to HTF! My thoughts go out to those who lost their lives and loved ones.

Reports according to scanner....

"2 children trapped on 2nd floor of building, fear it will collapse in minutes..."


This is absolutely terrible, what a horrible week.

EDIT TO ADD - 9 Medical Evac Helicopters in route to high school football field.

Originally posted by Ace High
According to scanner...

"A lot of structures on fire, people trapped in apartment buildings and retirement home..."

Nothing on MSM about it.

Pretty wild picture of the fire here pics.lockerz.com...

Can fertilizer be used in making bombs? Because it will explain why this huge explosion took place. Someone please answer!

reply to post by Phoenix267


Yes it can, but it was reported there was a fire there earlier.

reply to post by lcbjr1979


Yeah I heard. I was trying to see how this huge explosion and fire take place.
Thanks for answering my question.

neighboring house wow

reply to post by Phoenix267


Yes, actually fertilizer is used in quite a few homemade bombs, to a degree that you will actually attract unwanted attention if you buy enough fertilizer without any obvious need for it. (farmer, etc) It is certainly possible that this is a tragic accident, rather than another deliberate explosion, but it's impossible to know at this point. I just hope nobody was killed, regardless of cause...

Looks like its going to be a long night, here is a pic of a house near the plant.

Originally posted by goou111
neighboring house wow

Prayers for all those in the area.

Maybe the same?

www.globalincidentmap.com...

TEXAS - Fort Hood Bomb Squad To Investigate Suspicious Device In Waco

If it is then there may have been a bomb and they had prior warning.

Peace

ETA:

WACO Tragedy: April 17/93

hmmmm

Originally posted by magma
That does look quite big.

How often do explosions happen at fertilizer factories?

Not sure but a few years ago a major sugar refinery exploded in my city.. From my understanding both fertilizer and sugar dust are highly explosive.

Listening to the scanner there seems to be confusion from surrounding counties responding for assistance, and not being familiar with the areas, which is understandable, but don't they have GPS installed in emergency vehicles these days? Sounds like complete chaos in the area.

Did I hear that right, 9 inbound helivac units?

Does anyone know what kind of fertilizer this is plant has? I am worried about health problems in that area!!!

Originally posted by SpaDe_
Listening to the scanner there seems to be confusion from surrounding counties responding for assistance, and not being familiar with the areas, which is understandable, but don't they have GPS installed in emergency vehicles these days? Sounds like complete chaos in the area.

Did I hear that right, 9 inbound helivac units?

Not sure about Waco but some small towns don't have GPS services

Originally posted by Phoenix267
Can fertilizer be used in making bombs? Because it will explain why this huge explosion took place. Someone please answer!

Yes the Oklahoma city bomb was a truck full of fertilizer...

This happened only 30 minutes from where I live.







The pictures are from Facebook, friends and relatives are posting them.

Best wishes to all those living there.
Hope everyone's alright.