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April 18, 2013 09:32 am GMT

Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion Shows Up on Google Maps

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Not long after reports that a massive fertilizer plant explosion occurred in Texas on Wednesday night, a map featuring key points of interest from the scene has been added to Google Maps.

Reddit user OverR created a custom map of the incident on Google Maps, highlighting evacuated areas, places with reported injuries and an identifier where the natural gas leak allegedly started

Google Maps allows users to create and share personalized annotated maps. The Reddit user's map of the fertilizer plant is public and open for those to edit with new information and details.

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