Firefighter Billy Wells, who was thrown away from the explosion and had his clothes torn from his body, described the devastation survivors faced: "The sight was awful, with people hanging out of windows dead.
O bombeiro Billy Wells, que saíu despedido pola explosión que ademais lle arrancou a súa roupa, describiu a devastación á que tiveron que facer fronte os superviventes: "A imaxe era horrible, con xente colgando morta das ventás.