Runs and the sea were many tried to escape. reporter: divers are scouring a 4-mile stretch of water off lahaina, searching for any human remains. scores of people jumped into the water to escape the fast-t-movig fire on august 8t8th. nonot everyonene made it out. back on shore, the painstakingly grim search for the dead continues. the amount of of fire destruction that has happened here makes everything blend totogether, soso. reporteter: blake p pruitt is part of fema s search team, combing through the towns multistory and commercial properties. hundreds of emergency personnel and 50 k-9 units are part of the search. why is it taking so long to get through the entire town? it takes inch by inch, meticulous, looking through every bit of ash, looking for anything that might resemble remains. reporter: the fbi is analyzing cell data to try to identify who might be among the missing. and maui officials plan to soon
We already know. approximately 100 injuries. 50 to 75 homes have been damaged, including an apartment complex. there are evacuations that have taken place, including a local nursing home. hundreds of emergency personnel, including police, fire, and ems, have responded to the scene. efforts at that scene are going to continue throughout the evening. this has become a search and rescue mission now. among the 100 injured, also fatalities. we don t have a number on that. we ll be right back. we don t have a number on that. we will be right back. my hair and all i do to make it broadcast ready can t take the heat. good thing i uncovered head & shoulders damage rescue. it rescued my scalp, and saved my hair. with seven benefits, damage rescue relieves dry scalp and removes flakes, while helping to repair damaged hair. now i use it every day, because the camera never blinks. no flakes, no scalp or hair worries. the proof? see it tonight, at eleven. head & shoulders damage rescue. live flake
And hearing. reporter: we re at a media staging area right off i-35. you mentioned near waco and west. this is a town that s devastated. more than 100 injuries. that s according to the texas department of public safety. other estimates put that number at much more, as we ve been reporting. there are confirmed fatalities. we don t know how many yet. hundreds of emergency personnel responded. the town volunteer firefighters responded to a call at the fertilizer plant. and the town mayor was among those who responded. he was calling to evacuate the area around the plant. the blast followed about 15 minutes later or so. the mayor says five or six volunteer firefighters were at the plant fire when the explosion happened. not all of them have been accounted for. he said. now, a search for survivors has continued throughout the night, as emergency workers have gone hon-to-house. several dozen people were rushed to hospitals in waco.
And many are hoping this isn t as bad as many expect it. 3:20 in the morning local time, central time. they re looking at hour six of this catastrophe. you re describing the location where authorities are talking with the media, as well as other activities going on. what s your sense of the organization? and how well they re operating at this moment? reporter: it was amazing to see. even some of the aerial coverage, from local tv news helicopters how big of a presence there was here very quickly. mutual aid called from the counties throughout the area. hundreds of emergency personnel were here. they re following very orderly procedure. they plan for these emergencies like this. but it is good to see that everything seems to be working. and they are briefing the media