Dramatic and disturbing video captured on video in Texas explosion. Casualty numbers are expected to rise as a condo complex nearby is burning and they expect more casualties from the condo complex. A school is also reported on fire. National Guard on standby. Listen to firefighters live here... If any thing major unfolds we will update. KWTX is the local station nearby--Live updates from KWTX here.....
KWTX is reporting 60-70 dead. An explosion ripped through a fertilizer plant Wednesday night in the town of West, Texas, sending a massive fireball into the sky and causing dozens of injuries, officials said. A number of nearby residents were being evacuated because of the possibility of another explosion, officials said. A hospital in nearby Waco, Texas, has been told to anticipate 100 injured people coming in from the fertilizer plant area, an official at the medical facility said. CNN has the full story here....... Listen live to the fire department here....
8:44pm--#Bridgeport CT--Firefighters called to a structure fire at the intersection of Boston Avenue and Sage Avenue. Firefighters on scene reporting nothing visible on Sage Ave. but are checking further. Caller said near C-Town they are investigating. UPDATE---Firefighters have located a rubbish fire and they are taking care of it.
5:12pm--#Bridgeport CT Ctfire--Firefighters extinguish an oven fire at 420 Shelton Street. The better call Marsilio's tomorrow on Black Rock Turnpike in Fairfield for pricing better than the big box stores and friendly customer service that is beyond big box dreams!
5:11pm--#Bridgeport CT--A man has been shot in the playground area of 431 Iranistan Avenue /South Avenue area. Police are trying to locate the victim, many heard the shots but don't know anything about a victim.
#Boston Marathon--It took two days for me to ask after the dust settled...who won the 2013 Boston Marathon? Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia took the title in the 117th edition of the Boston Marathon on Monday, winning a three-way sprint down Boylston Street to finish in 2 hours, 10 minutes, 22 seconds. USA Today has the full story here.....
11:05pm--#Stratford CT--Police are investigating a couple of calls for car break-in Stratford Ave/Avon Street area. If you live in the area keep an eye out......
#cttraffic--I-95 southbound is closed due to a rolled over tractor trailer at exit 7. Thanks for the heads up Eileen Brophy!
9:20pm--#Bridgeport CT---Firefighters on the way to 351 Poplar Street for a report of gas indoors. Here come a bunch of firetrucks!
8:39pm--#Fairfield CT--- A shoplifter was taken into custody after stuffing Red Bull Energy drinks down his sweatshirt and fleeing the Cumberland Farms at 975 Kings Hwy East.