all of them? it. has really slowed. but we are on standby and especially with the coming up our trauma team is here poised and ready to accept any additional patients that rescue teams might find and transport to our facility. can you describe the scene when all the people started coming in? when a disaster code is called, we re all alerted simultaneously with text messaging and paging. i arrived probably 15 minutes after the page went out. i was already at home. you ve been listening to glen robinson, the ceo of hillcrest baptist medical center in waco letting us know some 100 patients were transported there and from there they were able to all right. elizabeth cohen is with us here right now in boston. elizabe elizabeth, we were listening to that news conference in the hillcrest medical center describing the condition of these patients as they were coming in. one of the interesting things we heard is that early in the
off seismometers. not an easy word, obviously, for me to say. it measured 2.1, which is, obviously, wel below even minor earthquake status, but still it s a shocking rumble nonetheless. for a fire, incredible. it just gives you a sense, you talk about a fertilizer plant or what plants are near you that you don t realize are there, how significant they are. more than 160 people at this point we know have been injured. our george howell is with us now at the hillcrest baptist medical center in waco. last night i was talking to the president, he was kind enough every few minutes to update us on how many people were coming in to seek emergency care. all in, how many people have come and what s the nature of their injuries today? reporter: well, you know, erin, they are still doing a good job in that sense of giving us a lot of information as far as the number of people they ve treated. we know at this hospital alone they saw 101 patients, 101 patients at this one hospital. we know th
can you tell us any advice for people in that situation? we have several phone numbers for the local hospitals, and i can tell you that we are manning our phones and i know they are at the other hospital across town at hillcrest, but let me give a couple of numbers out for folks looking for loved ones. they may be in one of the two hospitals in waco. providence our family emergency line is area code 254-761-7200. over at hillcrest baptist medical center their number is 254-202-1100. so the best thing they can do is just give one or both facilities a phone call and check in with us and see if we have one of their family members or friends or loved ones that they are trying to identify. so you said for providence it is 254-761-7200. correct. then for can you give me the hillcrest number one more time and we can put it up on the screen for folks at home. the hillcrest number is
talk about the early evacuation stage and how they were able to prevent more injuries. when the fire initially started, they were trying to put it out. they realized the fire was getting away from them, according to the mayor, who is also a volunteer firefighter. he had ordered that people start evacuating the area. within minutes of that was when the explosion happened. a tragic scene here in west. the mayor himself was slightly his helmet was blown off. his house was damaged. windows and doors blown out. as many here in town did. and he s concerned about the firefighters who he says are missing. as we continue to look at the numbers, you reported to us just moments ago. they re coming out of hillcrest baptist medical center. just by that one location, that