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Wide of tent where elderly are being attended to2. Mid of elderly lady on bed3. Wide of helicopter and vehicles in field4. SOUNDBITE: (English) William Burch, West resident, lives near site of explosion:\"Well, actually, we were at the...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e1. Wide of tent where elderly are being attended to\u003cbr/\u003e2. Mid of elderly lady on bed\u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide of helicopter and vehicles in field\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE: (English) William Burch, West resident, lives near site of explosion:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well, actually, we were at the house and we felt it rock.  We were about four miles (6.4 kilometres) away. So when we saw that or felt that, I went running outside. I looked up and saw the cloud of smoke, and told everyone 'we've got to go.' We ended up getting over to the retirement home.  When we got the retirement home, it was completely chaotic. They hadn't even responded over there yet at the time, so my wife being a retired nurse from the Air Force, she went into one wing and I went into the other wing. When I got in there, there were some people that were in wheel chairs and we had others that were just trapped in the rooms. They had sheet rock that was on top of them.  You had to remove that.  The halls had debris in it.  The ceilings were down even in the halls, lights, there was a water leak, so you were standing in the water.  Wires were hanging down. We evacuated the one wing as soon as I could get them out.\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ulizes Castaneda, eyewitness:\u003cbr/\u003e\"At first, we just saw a little bit of smoke. We didn't think too much of it, it wasn't enough smoke to be worried about. But after a while, the smoke started turning black.  A whole lot of more smoke was coming out, the cops started coming through saying everyone get out.  So we went over to the intermediate school that was right next to it and sat in the back of the bed of the truck and started recording.  Next thing I know, everyone else ducks, and I turned around and watched the explosion as it happened, and it threw me down into the bed of the truck.  Next thing I know, shrapnel was falling down everywhere, burning all of us, and we just got out and ran.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Mid of people helping elderly woman in a wheelchair \u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ulizes Castaneda, eyewitness:\u003cbr/\u003e\"To be honest, I don't want to get into full details. It was pretty gruesome. There were some people that were in pretty critical danger, and there was some people that needed to be taken care of. I was helping senior citizens get out of their nursing home. And there were a few children, toddlers even that were in danger, so I was helping them also.\"\u003cbr/\u003e(Reporter question: How many people like yourself are running in there trying to help people?)\u003cbr/\u003e\"There were a few EMTS and a few medical people. There wasn't maybe more than 100 of us. There was just a little amount of us. People were just showing up as it happened. \"\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Nelson Kelinske, eyewitness, still looking for his elderly mother:\u003cbr/\u003e\"About 7.30 tonight, I was in between Alma and Leroy and I heard like, it sounded like thunder coming in. I thought, it's kinda early for the rain to start.  Thought it wasn't coming in until tomorrow. About ten minutes later, my friend got a call and said they had a big explosion in West. That's when I found out about it and came here. I've been waiting ever since.\"\u003cbr/\u003e(Reporter question: You described me about a situation you've been waiting on\")\u003cbr/\u003e\"I'm waiting on my mother. She's a patient at the West Rest Home and I still hadn't heard anything.  That's all I know.\"\u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide of tent where elderly are being cared for \u003cbr/\u003e12. Pull out of elderly man\u003cbr/\u003eLocals have given their accounts of a massive explosion at a fertiliser plant near Waco in the US state of Texas on Wednesday.\u003cbr/\u003eThe blast injured dozens of people and is thought to have killed an unknown number of others.\u003cbr/\u003eIt left the factory a smouldering ruin and levelled buildings for blocks in every direction.\u003cbr/\u003eThe explosion at West Fertiliser in West, a community about 20 miles (32 kilometres) north of Waco, happened shortly before 8 p.m. on Wednesday (0100GMT Thursday) and could be heard as far away as Waxahachie, 45 miles (72 kilometres) to the north. \u003cbr/\u003eIt sent flames shooting high into the night sky, and rained burning embers, shrapnel and debris down on shocked and frightened residents.\u003cbr/\u003eUlizes Castaneda was watching the fire with his friends when the blast occurred. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I turned around and watched the explosion as it happened, and it threw me down into the bed of the truck,\" he said. \u003cbr/\u003eAlthough authorities said it will be some time before they know the full extent of the loss of life, Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman D.L. Wilson said just after midnight local time that an unknown number of people had died.\u003cbr/\u003eAmong the damaged buildings was what appeared to be a housing complex with a collapsed roof, a nearby middle school and the West Rest Haven Nursing Home, from which first-responders evacuated 133 patients, some in wheelchairs.\u003cbr/\u003eWilliam Burch, felt the impact of the blast on his home, which is close to the factory.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well, actually, we were at the house and we felt it rock. We were about four miles (6.4 kilometres) away. So when we saw that or felt that, I went running outside,\" he said. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I looked up and saw the cloud of smoke, and told everyone 'we've got to go.' We ended up getting over to the retirement home,\" he added. \u003cbr/\u003eBurch and his wife, a retired nurse from the Air Force, then set about helping to get the elderly out of the retirement home, which at that time, was in a state of chaos with many trapped in their rooms. \u003cbr/\u003e\"When I got in there, there were some people that were in wheel chairs and we had others that were just trapped in the rooms. 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