A massive explosion at a fertilizer plant in Texas has killed at least two people, injured more than a hundred and flattened most of a town.  

The blast at the plant in West, close to Waco, at 7.50pm (CST) on Wednesday left fires burning as a three-mile radius around the blast zone was evacuated amid fears of a second explosion.

West Emergency Medical Services director Dr George Smith said that 60 to 70 people may have been killed in the explosion. 

Six or seven fire crew are unaccounted for following the blast. Fire fighters, many of whom are volunteers in West, were being kept back from the blaze at present because of the extreme danger.

(source: olekubuzz.blogspot.com)