100 feared injured in explosion at Texas fertilizer factory
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Washington - An explosion hit a fertilizer plant in the US state of Texas late Wednesday, prompting authorities to brace for up to 100 injured people, a news report said.
The explosion happened at the West Fertilizer Plant around 100 kilometres south of Dallas at 7:50 pm (0050 GMT Thursday), CNN reported.
A hospital in the nearby town of Waco had been told to expect up to 100 injured people, the report said. Buildings near the plant included a school and a retirement home.
Medical staff had also set up a field station at the scene, the report cited the director of a local hospital as saying.
Photographs online showed a plume of grey smoke billowing in to thesky. One picture posted on liveleak.com showed a burning silo.//DPA
