18 April 2013 (01:49 UTC-07 Tango)/07 Jumada t-Tania 1434/29 Farvardin 1391/09 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
Policy Department of the National Defence Commission (NDC) of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea:
First, they should immediately stop all their provocative acts against the DPRK and apologize for all of them.
As the first phase, they should take measures […] Continue Reading…
18 April 2013 (01:40 UTC-07 Tango)/07 Jumada t-Tania 1434/29 Farvardin 1391/09 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
In less than 24 hours there were five new human cases of H7N9, according to the Chinese National Health and Family Planning Commission.
Shanghai reports yet another case, while Zhejiang Province reported four new cases.
There were no details about the death.
18 April 2013 (23:24 UTC-07 Tango 17 April 2013)/07 Jumada t-Tania 1434/29 Farvardin 1391/09 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
Reports that fertilizer factory had a couple of problems meeting state regulations; fined in 2006, and in February of 2013 a local school evacuated because of a fire at the factory.
USGS says explosion registered 2.1 on richter […] Continue Reading…
18 April 2013 (23:12 UTC-07 Tango 17 April 2013)/07 Jumada t-Tania 1434/29 Farvardin 1391/09 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
“Just like Iraq, just like the Murrah building in Oklahoma!”-D.L. Wilson, Texas DPS
The Texas Department of Public Safety just held a press conference.
More than a hundred wounded. Deaths, but no confirmed numbers. Gas lines being shut down. […] Continue Reading…
18 April 2013 (22:58 UTC-07 Tango 17 April 2013)/07 Jumada t-Tania 1434/29 Farvardin 1391/09 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
At least a dozens homes/buildings burned by fertilizer factory explosion. Fires still burning with wind gust up to 64 kph (40 mph). Factory is still on fire, concerns of possible more explosions, and toxic fumes.
Firefighters, police and […] Continue Reading…
18 April 2013 (22:45 UTC-07 Tango 17 April 2013)/07 Jumada t-Tania 1434/29 Farvardin 1391/09 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
A live reporter said he heard as many as 70 dead, 200 injured. The West, Texas, mayor is expected to give a press conference.
School buses are being pressed into service to evacuate people in West.
18 April 2013 (22:37 UTC-07 Tango 17 April 2013)/07 Jumada t-Tania 1434/29 Farvardin 1391/09 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
A local doctor, who was working in the nursing home that was hit by the explosion, says he personally knows the firefighters and EMS personnel that have been killed. So far no official announcement of deaths.
The doctor […] Continue Reading…
18 April 2013 (22:28 UTC-07 Tango 17 April 2013)/07 Jumada t-Tania 1434/29 Farvardin 1391/09 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
Live reports from Texas media saying the mayor of West, Texas, said there are people still trapped in their homes after the massive fertilizer factory explosion.
A live reporter is now saying that firefighters that first responded to […] Continue Reading…
18 April 2013 (22:17 UTC-07 Tango 17 April 2013)/07 Jumada t-Tania 1434/29 Farvardin 1391/09 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
32 kilometers (20 miles) north of Waco, Texas, a fertilizer factory exploded dramatically. The explosion took place right before the anniversary of two important dates; the end of the federal instigated Waco Siege, and the vengeful Oklahoma […] Continue Reading…
18 April 2013 (20:50 UTC-07 Tango 17 April 2013)/07 Jumada t-Tania 1434/29 Farvardin 1391/09 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
Local media reports from West, Texas, say the explosion which totally destroyed a fertilizer factory, has set buildings on fire. One building on fire is the West Middle School. A nursing home and apartment complex is also […] Continue Reading…