Several people are injured after a tornado in Mineral Wells, Texas, flattened a portion of the town Tuesday night, the sixth day of a severe storm outbreak that has terrorized the Midwest and South.
The tornado ripped through Mineral Wells, about 80 miles west of Dallas, around 5 p.m. Tuesday evening, city officials said. Five people went to the hospital due to their injuries, including two who were taken by ambulance, Mineral Wells Fire Chief Ryan Dunn said at a news conference Wednesday. Several people were also treated for minor injuries on the scene, but refused transport.
None of the injuries were critical or life threatening and everyone is accounted for, city spokesperson Brittany Brown told CNN…