Up to 15 dead after fire and blast at Texas fertilizer plant

[Tai Ngwilizi]

Explosion in Texas USA... too sad!

WEST, Texas (Reuters) - An explosion tore through a fertilizer plant and leveled dozens of homes in a small Texas town late on Wednesday, killing up to 15 people, injuring more than 160 and spewing toxic fumes that forced the evacuation of half the community.

Police said between five and 15 people were killed in the explosion in West, a town of about 2,800 people some 80 miles south of Dallas.

"I've never seen anything like this," McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara said. "It looks like a war zone with all the debris."

The blast, triggered by a fire at the West Fertilizer Co. plant, was reported at about 8 p.m. CDT (1.00 a.m. GMT on Thursday) in West.

The cause of the fire was unknown, officials said. Waco police Sergeant W. Patrick Swanton said investigators would examine whether the blaze was the result of criminal activity or the result of a chemical reaction.

Earlier, West Mayor Tommy Muska told Reuters that five or six volunteer firefighters who were among the first on the scene were missing.

Firefighters had been battling the fire and evacuating nearby residences and a nursing home for about 50 minutes before the blast occurred.

Officials said flames that continued to smolder inside the plant posed two threats - the possibility of setting off further explosions and the emission of hazardous fumes into the town.

Swanton said a residual fire burning underneath additional chemical tanks had been brought under control "and I don't think that is any longer a threat".

Texas Public Safety Department spokesman D.L. Wilson said about half the town, about eight to 10 blocks, had been evacuated and that "we might even have to evacuate on the other side of town" if winds shifted.


(Additional reporting by Steve Gorman, Tim Gaynor, David Bailey and Marice Richter; Writing by Steve Gorman; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Pravin Char)

 

[Smile]

nimeona aisee balaa

 

[Tai Ngwilizi]

nimeona aisee balaa

Wiki hii mbaya kwa Marekani

 

[Safari_ni_Safari]

Wiki hii mbaya kwa Marekani

Nadhani ni mbaya zaidi kwa Tanzania

 

[Smile]

Wiki hii mbaya kwa Marekani

wanavosema dozens of people wamekufa wana maana gani mkuu.nimeishia form two kiinglish ni problem kwangu sometimes

 

[CharmingLady]

Zaidi ya watu 100 wamejeruhiwa katika mulipuko uliotokea kwenye kiwanda cha mbolea kilichoko Kaskazini Magharibi mwa eneo la Waco, jimbo la Texas. Wengi wamekwama ndani ya majengo yanayendelea kuteketea kufuatia mulipuko huo.

Meya wa Mji kulitokea mulipuko huo, Tummy Muska ameelezea kutokea moto mkubwa uliolipuka sawa na bomu. Mulipuko huo umeharibu majengo ya kiwanda hicho, makaazi ya karibu kikiwemo kituo kimoja cha afya.
Taarifa zinazohusiana
Marekani

Wazima moto, magari ya kubebea wagonjwa na helikopta sita zimetolewa kushughulikia majeruhi na kutuliza hali ya sasa.

Majengo kadhaa yameendelea kuteketea karibu na kiwanda hicho cha mbolea.Taarifa ambazo hazijathibitishwa zinasema zinasea kuna watu waliopoteza maisha.

Dean Wilson wa idara ya usalama ya Texas amesema nyumba 75 karibu na jengo hilo ziliharibiwa kabisa.

Amesema kufikia sasa hawezi kuthibitisha vifo vyovyote. Watu 38 wameripotiwa kua katika hali mahututi. Makundi ya wokozi yameanza kufika nyumba hadi nyingine kuwaokoa majeruhi na kutoa huduma ya kwanza.

Kituo cha Dharura kimewekwa kwenye uwanja wa mpira ulioko karibu.Gavana wa Texas amesema afisi yake imetoa raslimali zake kusaidia katika juhudi za wokozi.

Source: BBC Swahili

 

[Tai Ngwilizi]

Nadhani ni mbaya zaidi kwa Tanzania

ni kweli kabisa mkuu hali ya hapa kwetu ni mbaya zaidi, ila naongelea hii habari ya milipuko mikubwa miwili kutokea ndani ya siku tatu..

 

[Tai Ngwilizi]

wanavosema dozens of people wamekufa wana maana gani mkuu.nimeishia form two kiinglish ni problem kwangu sometimes

Smile, Hata mimi kiingereza ni hiki kuokoteza, ka dictionary kangu hapa kanasema dozen inaweza ikawa 12 au "a lot" yaani wengi, ila nadhani wamesema wengi wameumia sio wamekufa...ngoja waje wataalam wa hii lugha watueleze vizuri

 

[Smile]

Smile, Hata mimi kiingereza ni hiki kuokoteza, ka dictionary kangu hapa kanasema dozen inaweza ikawa 12 au "a lot" yaani wengi, ila nadhani wamesema wengi wameumia sio wamekufa...ngoja waje wataalam wa hii lugha watueleze vizuri

ok tumuombe Kiranga aje asaidie?

 

[Mabulangati]

Sijaelewa safari ni safari anamaanisha nini anaposema ni mbaya zaidi kwa Tanzania!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! naomba kueleweshwa.

 

[Kichakoro]

Press za wenzetu bwana wanachagua maneno wakati wa kureport. hajataka kusema ni 20 ama 60 Dozens means more than 12 people. akimaanisha any number above 12 fits the story.

 

[Kiranga]

wanavosema dozens of people wamekufa wana maana gani mkuu.nimeishia form two kiinglish ni problem kwangu sometimes

Wapi wamesema dozens of people wamekufa?

Mimi naona "dozens of homes leveled" dozens ni kuaznzia dozen mbili, hivyo ukiwa na vitu 24 ni dozens tayari, two dozens to be exact.

 

[Kiranga]

Press za wenzetu bwana wanachagua maneno wakati wa kureport. hajataka kusema ni 20 ama 60 Dozens means more than 12 people. akimaanisha any number above 12 fits the story.

Actually "dozens" mean two dozens or more, meaning 24 or more.

If you have 18 items you do not have "dozens" because you do not have two dozens, you have a dozen and a half.

 

[Kichakoro]

Actually "dozens" mean two dozens or more, meaning 24 or more.

If you have 18 items you do not have "dozens" because you do not have two dozens, you have a dozen and a half.

Mkuu hapo ni hesabu tu tuweke hivi fungu la kumi la kwanza (1-10) fungu la pili la kumi (11- 20)
je haya kwa ujumla wake utaita mafungu mawil ya kumi. Je tunakubaliana?

swali je 19 iko kwenye fungu gani? naamini tutakua tumeelewana.

 

[Lupweko]

Nadhani ni mbaya zaidi kwa Tanzania

Labda amesema Marekani kwa kuwa sisi imeshakuwa kawaida watu 15 wakifa katika ajali za mabasi

 

[Smile]

Wapi wamesema dozens of people wamekufa?

Mimi naona "dozens of homes leveled" dozens ni kuaznzia dozen mbili, hivyo ukiwa na vitu 24 ni dozens tayari, two dozens to be exact.

niliona kwenye tv hiyo

 

[Smile]

Press za wenzetu bwana wanachagua maneno wakati wa kureport. hajataka kusema ni 20 ama 60 Dozens means more than 12 people. akimaanisha any number above 12 fits the story.

mi sielewi kabisa ndo wangapi?

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

wanavosema dozens of people wamekufa wana maana gani mkuu.nimeishia form two kiinglish ni problem kwangu sometimes

Wanaposema 'dozens' wanaweza kabisa wakawa wanamaanisha ni watu wengi ambao idadi yao kamili haijajulikana rasmi. Angalia hizi entries za neno 'dozens' linavyotumika kuelezea idadi.

2 dozens [plural] : large numbers of people or things
▪ People entered the park by/in the dozens. [=large groups of people entered the park] - often + of ▪ Dozens of [=many] people were at the park. ▪ The shop sells dozens and dozens of [=very many] kinds of tea.

Hiyo ni kutoka Merriam-Webster. Hii hapa chini ni kutoka Oxford

3 dozens [plural] (informal) a lot of people or thingsThey arrived in dozens (= in large numbers).dozen of something I've been there dozens of times.

 

[Anheuser]

kazi ya Mungu haina makosa

 

[Smile]

Wanaposema 'dozens' wanaweza kabisa wakawa wanamaanisha ni watu wengi ambao idadi yao kamili haijajulikana rasmi. Angalia hizi entries za neno 'dozens' linavyotumika kuelezea idadi.



Hiyo ni kutoka Merriam-Webster. Hii hapa chini ni kutoka Oxford

si wangesema many ...tu kama huku wamenichanganyaje? dah ngoja nirudi school aisee