At least 10 missing after rural Texas explosion

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CLEBURNE, Texas -- At least 10 people are reported missing after an explosion that sounded like a tornado caused a massive fire in rural north-central Texas.

Cleburne City Manager Chester Nolen told Dallas-Fort Worth television station WFAA that Monday’s explosion left at least 10 people missing, and a city fire official said at least six were injured.

A witness in nearby Granbury told the Associated Press she was about eight miles from the site of the explosion. Laura Harlin said she heard a “huge rumbling” that she thought was thunder and then a tornado.

Television images showed a large fireball and a burned-out vehicle and construction equipment.

Cleburne is about 50 miles southwest of Dallas.

-- Associated Press