Breaking: Meat packing plant in Booneville explodes

A meat packing plant in Booneville exploded this afternoon, injuring an unknown number of people and forcing an evacuation as ammonia leaked into the air, state officials said.

Flames poured out of the Cargill Meat Solutions plant just after 2:00 p.m., witnesses said. An unknown number of people to the plant's southeast were forced to leave their homes after the gas escaped from the plant, emergency management spokeswoman Renee Preslar said. Here's more from the Associated Press.