Up to 15 killed, more than 160 injured in Texas fertilizer plant explosion
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}April 18: Gov. Rick Perry answers questions about the state's emergency response to the explosion and fires in West, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
April 18: The front of an apartment complex is destroyed after an explosion at a nearby fertilizer plant in West, Texas (AP Photo/LM Otero)
April 18: The remains of the the fertilizer plant smolder in the rain in West, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
April 18: A search and rescue dog is led through the blast zone destroyed by an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
April 18: Firefighter conduct a search and rescue operation at an apartment destroyed by an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
April 18: A destroyed car sits as firefighters conduct a search and rescue of an apartment complex destroyed by an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
April 18: The remains of the the West Fertilizer Co. plant smolder in the rain in West, Texas. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle)
April 18: The remains of a silo that was part of a fertilizer plant burns after the plant exploded Wednesday night in West, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
April 18, 2013: Firefighters use flashlights to search a destroyed apartment complex near a fertilizer plant that exploded earlier in West, Texas. (AP)
April 18, 2013: A fire burns in an apartment complex destroyed near a fertilizer plant that exploded earlier in West, Texas. (AP)
April 18, 2013: Firefighters us flashlights to search a destroyed apartment complex near a fertilizer plant that exploded earlier in West, Texas. (AP)
April 18: Fire could be seen shooting to the sky from the West Fertilizer plant in the town of West, Texas. (MyFoxDFW.com)
Medical personnel wait for dozens of patients after a Wednesday evening explosion in West, Texas. At least 160 people were injured and up to 15 killed. (MyFoxDFW.com)
April 18: Fire rages at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, after an explosion that registered as a magnitude 2.1 earthquake in the area, according to USGS. (MyFoxDFW.com)
April 18: Smoke can be seen billowing from the site of a Wednesday evening explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas. (MyFoxDFW.com)
April 18: A makeshift triage center is assembled in the middle of a local high school’s football field. (MyFoxDFW.com)
April 18: Flames pour out of a fertilizer factory in the city of West, Texas. (MyFoxDFW.com)
April 17, 2013: An unidentified man injured by the West fertilizer plant explosion is treated by nurses from Hillcrest Baptist Medical Hospital in Waco, Texas. (AP /Waco Tribune Herald) (AP)
April 17, 2013: A victim from the West fertilizer plant explosion is wheeled into Hillcrest Baptist Medical Hospital in Waco, Texas. (AP/Waco Tribune Herald) (AP)
April 17, 2013: An injured elderly person is assisted by two young males as a nursing home is evacuated after an explosion at a nearby fertilizer plant in West, Texas. (AP)
April 17, 2013" Emergency workers evacuate elderly from a damaged nursing home following an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas. (AP)
April 17, 2013: A person looks on as emergency workers fight a house fire after a nearby fertilizer plant exploded in West, Texas. (AP)
April 17, 2013: A fire burns at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas after an explosion. (AP)
April 17, 2013: A fire burns at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas after an explosion. (AP)
April 17, 2013: An emergency worker walks through damaged apartment building following a fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas. (AP)
April 17, 2013: Rescue workers pass a damaged apartment complex after a nearby fertilizer plant exploded in West, Texas. (AP)
April 17, 2013: In this Instagram photo provided by Andy Bartee, a plume of smoke rises from a fertilizer plant fire in West, Texas. (AP)
April 17, 2013: An elderly person is assisted at a staging area at a local school stadium following an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas. (AP)
April 17, 2013: A fire fighter searches a nursing home that was damaged after an explosion at a neary by fertilizer plant in West, Texas. (AP)
April 17, 2013: A victim from the West fertilizer plant explosion is wheeled into Hillcrest Baptist Medical Hospital in Waco, Texas. (AP)
April 17, 2013: Baylor University student's hold a candle light vigil outside Waco Hall for the victim's of the West fertilizer plant explosion. (AP)
Firefighters walk next to a destroyed apartment complex near a fertilizer plant that exploded earlier in West, Texas, in this photo made early Thursday morning, April 18, 2013. (AP Photo/LM Otero) (AP Photo/LM Otero)
A fire smokes near a fertilizer plant that exploded earlier in West, Texas, in this photo made early Thursday morning, April 18, 2013. (AP Photo/LM Otero) (AP Photo/LM Otero)
This video image porvided by KWTX-TV shows an injured woman from an explosion at a fertilizer plant near Waco Wednesday night April 17, 2013 being helped into a waiting ambulance in West Texas. The blast injured dozens of people and sent flames shooting high into the night sky, leaving the factory a smoldering ruin and causing major damage to surrounding buildings. (AP Photo/KWTX-TV) (AP Photo/KWTX-TV)
Firefighters search an area destroyed by a fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, in this photo made early Thursday morning, April 18, 2013. (AP Photo/LM Otero) (AP Photo/LM Otero)
A firefighter walks past a pickup truck with debris from a storage shed on it at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas after an explosion Wednesday April 17, 2013. A massive explosion at the fertilizer plant near Waco on Wednesday night injured dozens of people and sent flames shooting into the night sky, leaving the factory a smoldering ruin following a blast that damaged buildings for blocks in every direction. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Michael Ainsworth) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; TV OUT; INTERNET USE BY AP MEMBERS ONLY; NO SALES (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News)