Live Updates: West Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion Injures More Than 100 »

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4: 11 a.m. ET: ABC Chief Health and Medical Editor Dr. Richard Besser says a continuing danger from the Texas fertilizer plant explosion and fire is exposure to ammonia. “What you see with high level ammonia exposure is damage to your eyes, to your throat, to your nose, to your esophagus when you swallow,” Besser told ABC News Radio. “A blast that’s going in one direction, if you get a change in the wind, it can come to another neighborhood and be affected.” LM Otero/AP Photo 3:52 a.m. ET: ABC News has confirmed there are a total of 179 people… Source Main page (current trends)

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