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Texas fertilizer plant explosion levels buildings for blocks around

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This video image provided by WFAA-TV shows injured people being treated on the flood-lit the high school football field turned into a staging area after the blast in West Texas.

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The remains of a home burn early Thursday morning, April 18, 2013, after a fertilizer plant exploded Wednesday night in West, Texas.

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A victim from the West fertilizer plant explosion is wheeled into Hillcrest Baptist Medical Hospital.

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Firefighters us flashlights to search a destroyed apartment complex.

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This video image porvided by KWTX-TV shows an injured woman from the explosion at the fertilizer plant. The blast injured dozens of people and sent flames shooting high into the night sky, leaving the factory a smoldering ruin and causing major damage to surrounding buildings.

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Smoke fills the air after the fertilizer plant explosion.

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This video image porvided by KWTX-TV shows some of the injured.

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An emergency worker walks through damaged apartment building.

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Rescue workers pass a damaged apartment complex.

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A fire burns at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas.

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A person looks on as emergency workers fight a house fire.

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An unidentified man injured by the West fertilizer plant explosion is treated by nurses from Hillcrest Baptist Medical Hospital.

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A victim from the West fertilizer plant explosion is wheeled into Hillcrest Baptist Medical Hospital.

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A victim from the West fertilizer plant explosion is wheeled into Hillcrest Baptist Medical Hospital.

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Firefighters walk next to a destroyed apartment complex.

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Firefighters use flashlights to search a destroyed apartment complex.

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Firefighters check a destroyed apartment complex.

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A fire still burns in an apartment complex.

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Firefighters search an area.

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In this Instagram photo provided by Andy Bartee, a plume of smoke rises from a fertilizer plant fire.

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