April 19, 2013
Huge explosion ripped through a fertilizer plant near the town of West, Texas at 7.50pm on Wednesday
As many as six firefighters who had responded to a fire before the explosion have been reported missing
179 people have been hospitalized and 24 are in critical condition, including children
Mayor: 'We've got a lot of people who are hurt, and there's a lot of people who aren't gonna be here tomorrow'
Records show the plant insisted there was no risk of fire - and it was cited in 2006 for failing to have a permit
The owner, Donald Adair, said no employees were there at the time and he does not know what caused the fire
U.S. Geological Survey: Blast produced ground motion equivalent to that of a magnitude 2.1 earthquake
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