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Lawsuits From Texas Fertilizer Plant Blast Now Total 6

The deadly Central Texas fertilizer plant explosion has now spawned six lawsuits, including one from the family of a volunteer firefighter killed in the blast. Fourteen people died and more than 200 were injured by the April 17 blast in …

West Blast Hits $100 Million in Insured Losses

“Daddy, are we dead?” Those were the first words from 9 year old Kaden Anderson after an explosion ripped apart the fertilizer plant in West on April 17. Kaden was riding with his father Bryan who had driven over to …

Debris Litters Area Outside Texas Plant Explosion

The blast at a Texas fertilizer plant made perhaps its biggest mark on an apartment building across the railroad tracks from the site. The apartment building’s roof was collapsed in the Wednesday blast, its windows blown out and chunks of …

Marathon Runner Witnesses Double Disasters

People keep asking Joe Berti if he feels unlucky. A bomb exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon moments after Berti finished the race. Two days later, he was in his home state of Texas when he saw …