Texas Factory Blast Leaves at Least One Dead, 35 Missing
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One person was confirmed killed and another 35 people were missing after an explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant that injured 160, flattened houses and devastated the center of the town of West.
The missing included five volunteer firefighters, four emergency medical personnel, an off-duty Dallas firefighter and two local people who stopped to help at the scene of a fire April 17 at Adair Grain Inc.’s fertilizer plant, West Mayor Tommy Muska said in an interview. Other officials previously estimated five to 15 fatalities.