A Tragic Day For Heroes: 11 Firefighters And Medics Confirmed Killed At In Texas Fertilizer Plant Blast And At Least Three More Feared Dead -- Daily Mail
* 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
Authorities have confirmed that 11 firefighters and medics were killed last night in the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas - though at least three more people are feared dead as rescuers search the rubble for bodies.
The State Firemen’s and Fire Marshals’ Association of Texas said in a statement on Thursday that six firefighters, four paramedics and one other first responder died Wednesday night as they battled a blaze the West Fertilizer Company.
'We were all volunteers. There was not one person that got paid to be there. Not one person that was ordered to go there,' Brice Reed, an EMT with the West Volunteer Fire Department, told CNN. Reed also rushed into the blast zone, but survived and was visibly shaken as he spoke.
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