FORT WORTH, Texas -- A large chunk of the downtown business heart of Fort Worth remained off-limits Thursday because of the danger from sheets of glass still falling from tornado-damaged skyscrapers.

Twelve square blocks were closed for a second day to all but building representatives and construction contractors, said Pat Svacina, a city spokesman.The city of 480,000 was struck Tuesday by two tornadoes, one of which ripped through downtown just after the evening rush hour. Four people were killed -- one by a hailstone the size of a softball -- and a fifth person was presumed dead.

The downtown twister destroyed eight buildings and damaged 52 businesses and high-rises. The Southwestern Insurance Information Service estimated damage at more than $300 million.

Fire crews searched floor by floor Wednesday to make sure no one had been trapped or injured, even as 200-pound panes of glass were still falling hundreds of feet to the ground.

FBI agents in jackets and disposable gloves scoured the downtown area to see if any confidential documents had blown out of their heavily damaged offices in the Cash America building.

"It's a concern because there might be documents out there that are not meant to be out in the open," said Lori Bailey, a spokeswoman for the FBI's Dallas office.

Agents said they believed that computers holding confidential files remained secure. Bailey said no FBI employees were seriously injured.

Gov. George W. Bush declared Tarrant County a disaster area. Federal Emergency Management Agency workers were expected to arrive by Thursday night to determine whether the area should receive federal aid.

The second tornado destroyed more than 100 homes in neighboring Arlington and Grand Prairie. It damaged more than 1,000 others.

In Arlington, 15-year-old Michael Ortega and his friends grabbed shovels and rakes Wednesday to clear rubble from yards.

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"There is this older lady who lives by herself next to my friend and she couldn't really do anything herself," Ortega told the Arlington Morning News. "We really felt sorry for her."

Many residents spent the night in their cars in their driveways rather than leave their damaged homes.

Representatives from CiCi's Pizza distributed pizzas and The Salvation Army dispensed bottled water, sandwiches, fruit and cookies.

"It's total devastation everywhere you look," said Mike Anderson, a Salvation Army spokesman.

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