Aerial footage shows a neighbourhood blasted beyond recognition - an astonishing swathe of destruction where people are still missing.
Rescuers continue to pick through the wreckage of the fertiliser plant explosion, which has ripped into this once-normal Texas farming community.
At West's Village Bakery comfort and free food is on tap.
It is at the core of this town's clear instinct to pull together.
The explosion has affected practically everyone here Only a couple of days ago the owner, Mimi Irwin, was at a local function with volunteer firefighters - some of whom lost their lives while trying to tackle the fire that triggered the blast.
She says: "These people were attorneys, insurance agents, bankers, pharmacists, farmers who all wanted to give.
"And our volunteer fire department is really an honour. They're not paid - they simply do this because they love our town."
People are pulling together as the town counts the human cost of the blast Steve and Joyce Brock are also doing their bit to help by offering their own home to those who have lost theirs.
Mr Brock said: "If you lose four or five blocks of homes, somebody's going to be homeless, so we watched it before we went to bed and I told Joyce we need to go over there tomorrow and see if we can find somebody who needs a place to stay."
That may include Evelyn Muehlstein, who was alone in her home when the blast struck.
Volunteers have been taking bedding to residents left with nothing "The ceiling fell down and it was all on the floor," she said. "It was awful, terrible.
"I just don't know what I'll do. I'm 92 years-old and I don't have a house."
Acts of kindness are not difficult to find here. For the moment Ms Muehlstein is being looked after by a neighbour.
Homes were wiped out by the force of the explosion A mile from the bakery, homes like hers lie in ruins. No one - bar investigators - is allowed past the police cordon.
Officers are also locals. One told us his fear is that the operation is no longer one of rescue but recovery.
It seems everyone has a story to tell here.
As Texas governor Rick Perry put it, the tragedy has affected practically everybody in this small town and there is still looming uncertainty over which of their own was lost trying to save it.
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