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    Photos: Explosion Rocks West, Texas

    webmasterBy webmasterApril 18, 2013Updated:April 23, 2013 Multimedia No Comments1 Min Read
    Baylor students hold candles and pray for those affected by the explosion in West, TX. Sanmai Gbandi | Round Up Photographer
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    An EMS team loads a resident from the community within the vicinity of the initial explosion into an emergency transport at the West Football field. Matt Hellman | Lariat Photo Editor
    Emergency medical teams and volunteers tend to the wounds and assistance of West residents that lived in houses within the vicinity of the initial explosion at the West Football field on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Matt Hellman | Lariat Photo Editor
    West volunteers assist in loading citizens into a bus outside the West Community Complex to be transported to a secondary evacuation location further away from the explosion. Matt Hellman | Lariat Photo Editor
    West Fire Rescue members put out flames from a house next to the West Football field after an explosion of the West Fertilizer Plant on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Matt Hellman | Lariat Photo Editor
    Glenn Robinson, CEO of Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center, briefs reports of the status of victims of the West plant explosion at the Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center on early Thursday morning, April 18, 2013. Travis Taylor | Lariat Photographer
    Glenn Robinson, CEO of Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center, briefs reports of the status of victims of the West plant explosion at the Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center on early Thursday morning, April 18, 2013. Travis Taylor | Lariat Photographer
    Baylor students gather around Waco Hall for candlelight vigil early on Thursday morning in order to pray for victims of the fertilizer plant explosion that occurred around 7:50 p.m. April 17 in West, TX. Sanmai Gbandi | Round Up Photographer
    Baylor students hold candles and pray for those affected by the explosion in West, TX. Sanmai Gbandi | Round Up Photographer
    Baylor students hold hands and pray for those affected by the explosion in West, TX. Sanmai Gbandi | Round Up Photographer
    Students gathered in front of Waco Hall to pray for victims of a fertilizer plant explosion that occurred Wednesday evening. Over a hundred people have been injured by the blast. Sanmai Gbandi | Round Up Photographer
    A Baylor student prays alone for those affected by the fertilizer plant explosion. Sanmai Gbandi | Round Up Photographer
    Students gathered in a prayer circle early Thursday morning in light of the explosion in West, TX. Sanmai Gbandi | Round Up Photographer
    Students were gathered around Waco Hall for about an hour praying specifically for the victims, first responders, and volunteer helpers. Sanmai Gbandi | Round Up Photographer
    A Baylor student prays alone for the victims of the fertilizer plant explosion in West, TX. Sanmai Gbandi | Round Up Photographer
    Baylor students support each other in prayer and fellowship in the wake of a fertilizing plant explosion in West, TX Wednesday night. Baylor students hold hands and pray for the victims of the fertilizer plant explosion that rocked West, TX late Wednesday evening. Sanmai Gbandi | Round Up Photographer
    Baylor students hold hands and pray for the victims of the fertilizer plant explosion that rocked West, TX late Wednesday evening. Sanmai Gbandi | Round Up Photographer
    Baylor students gather around Waco Hall for candlelight vigil early on Thursday morning in order to pray for victims of the fertilizer plant explosion. Sanmai Gbandi | Round Up Photographer
    Baylor students gather around Waco Hall for candlelight vigil early on Thursday morning in order to pray for victims of the fertilizer plant explosion. Sanmai Gbandi | Round Up Photographer
    Baylor students gather around Waco Hall for candlelight vigil early on Thursday morning in order to pray for victims of the fertilizer plant explosion that occurred around 7:50 p.m. April 17 in West, TX. Sanmai Gbandi | Round Up Photographer
    Baylor students comfort each other in the wake of the explosion. Sanmai Gbandi | Round Up Photographer
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