West Explosion

A Facebook page set up to in support of the West Volunteer Fire Department death is honoring the memory of Buck Uptmor of Abbott, TX, a member of the West VFD.A second firefighter with West VFD Morris Bridges, has been identified as one of the deceased. ...

More photos from the explosion yesterday in the small town of West Texas, just north of Waco.

If you would like to help the victims and families of the West fertilizer explosion some organizations have started to list information. Oscar Store will hold a West benefit on April 19 to auction off a Epiphone Acoustic Guitar signed by The Bellamy Brothers, and raffle off several donated items such as a designer decorated longhorn skull signed by the Bellamy Brothers...

The following is a list of businesses, churches, schools and other locations which have opened their doors to victims seeking shelter or a safe place in the wake of the explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas near Waco.

A chemical fertilizer plant in West exploded last evening and has left, at last report, at least 160 injured, and an estimated 15 dead.  Here's a first hand look at the explosion. (Warning on Language)

Live updates on the massive explosion at a chemical fertilizer plant in West, Texas just north of Waco has left at least hundreds injured and may have left dozens dead.

An explosion in West, TX, just outside of Waco, spread fires across multiple buildings and injured an unknown number of people earlier tonight. The explosion occurred at the West Fertilizer Plant shortly before 8 PM CT. A large number of people have been reported injured, though the number of those killed in the explosion, if any, has not yet been officially released...

An unconfirmed number of people are dead and 10 buildings are on fire following an explosion Wednesday evening at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, north of Waco.