“It was just a loud bang and vibration,” said Billy Vest, a captain with the Waxahachie Fire Department. “And I can’t describe what it felt like, but I just hopped out of bed and knew ...

Vest, who has been with the Waxahachie Fire Department for 19 years, said that an explosion like no other woke him like an alarm clock. "It was a feeling that I had never felt," Vest told WFAA.