A fire at the West Fertilizer Co. plant in West, Texas, in April 2013 was intentionally set, the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives said on Wednesday. A $50,000 reward was offered for information leading to the arrest …
A Central Texas town devastated by a 2013 fertilizer plant explosion that killed 15 people will be getting two new schools. Groundbreaking ceremonies were planned Thursday in West to replace middle and high schools that were leveled in the April …
A church in the small Texas city devastated by a fertilizer plant explosion is funding an emergency alert system for the town’s residents. The system will allow West officials to deliver an automated phone message to residents in the case …
Two fertilizer companies sued following a deadly Texas explosion are claiming the small town deserves blame for failing to properly train volunteer firefighters and first responders, who made up most of the 15 people killed by the blast. El Dorado …
The West school district is suing its insurer, saying the two sides are $23 million apart on the costs of rebuilding buildings after last year’s devastating Texas plant explosion. The Waco Tribune-Herald reports that the West schools filed their lawsuit …
Families of the 15 people killed in a massive explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant have spent the year since the blast navigating the difficult balance between moving forward and digging for answers from the past. Many of them filed …
The state fire marshal wants 46 facilities that store ammonium nitrate in Texas to make safety improvements following the deadly West fertilizer plant explosion last year. State Fire Marshal Chris Connealy on Monday proposed new building requirements ahead of this …
State Fire Marshal Chris Connealy is continuing to meet with local officials in Texas counties about the dangers of ammonium nitrate, the chemical that detonated in the West fertilizer explosion. Connealy and officials from other state agencies will appear Monday …
Frustration is building in the Texas town where an April fertilizer plant explosion killed 15 people, injured hundreds more and caused $100-plus million in damages. Residents of West desperate for cash to rebuild their lives have seen a foundation overseeing …
Farmers and oil drillers may be required to report their use of explosive chemicals under measures the Obama administration is considering to avoid disasters such as a Texas blast that killed 14 people last year. Policy options from an inter-agency …