West Explosion

WEST, Texas (AP) — Experts say it's now safe to drink water from all public supplies in a Central Texas town decimated nearly three months ago by a deadly fertilizer plant blast. City officials in West on Tuesday rescinded the public boil water notice...

WACO, Texas (AP) — Authorities say the 911 center that scrambled emergency response to the fatal fertilizer plant explosion in the town of West received more than 1,000 calls the evening of the blast. Waco police, whose dispatchers handle emergency calls from nearby West, said Monday that calls the night of April 17 were received between 7:30 p...

At a Thursday afternoon news conference, State Fire Marshal Chris Connealy said that officials are ruling the cause of the fire that triggered the April 17 explosion of the West Fertilizer Plant “undetermined”. Because multiple causes could not be confirmed or eliminated, investigators could offer no clear picture of what happened to trigger the two nearly simultaneous explosions that caused betwe

Ahead of a Thursday afternoon news conference in West, the Dallas Morning News reported Thursday that State Fire Marshal and ATF officials investigating the cause of the April 17 explosion of the West Fertilizer Plant have found 3 possible causes...

Texas Governor Rick Perry is demanding an apology from California newspaper Sacramento Bee after the newspaper ran an editorial cartoon about the West plant explosion on the day of the West memorial. "The Sacramento Bee published a disgusting 'cartoon' mocking the deadly explosion in West...

  US105 debuted this song on Wednesday and we've had lots of requests to hear more of it. Here is Rushing Steele's tribute to West, Texas, "How West Was One."  

Cities of all sizes are banding together to help the victims of the West fertilizer plant explosion that killed 14, including 10 first-responders. The town of Florence, located about 90 miles south of West, and also has their own volunteer fire department, decided to chip and donate $7450 on Saturday...

The city of West has received an outpouring of support from all corners of the state of Texas after an explosion at a West fertilizer planton Wednesday night.

Among those showing support for the victims of the West. Texas explosion are NFL players,some of whom have a close connection to the affected area.

Among those showing support for the victims of the West. Texas explosion are NFL players,some of whom have a close connection to the affected area.