Sydney, Apr. 18 (ANI): Nearly 70 people are reportedly dead and hundreds other injured after an explosion occurred at a fertilizer plant in Texas that forced an entire town to be evacuated.
Homes within a four-block radius of the fertilizer plant were destroyed and several others caught fire.
According to the Herald Sun, the massive explosion happened at about 10.50 am AEST at West Fertilizer, in the town of West, 30 km north of Waco.
The town of 2,800 residents has been ordered to evacuate as toxic smoke from the explosion spreads.
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Several people are believed to be trapped under collapsed buildings, including residents at the Rest Haven nursing home, the report added. (ANI)
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