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Lessons Learned From West
Lessons Learned From West
Lessons Learned From West
The Chemical Safety Board has conducted an investigation of the circumstances surrounding the West Fertilizer Plant and is now recommending new regulations to prevent future tragedies.
West Update
West Update
West Update
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 City officials in West on Tuesday rescinded the public boil water notice...
West Update
West Update
West Update
RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI,Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A federal agency investigating a deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant says the regulation of dangerous chemicals falls under a "patchwork" of U.S. standards that are decades old and weaker than those used elsewhere...
No Disaster Declaration
No Disaster Declaration
No Disaster Declaration
RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI,Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency is refusing to provide money to help rebuild the small Texas town where a deadly fertilizer plant explosion leveled numerous homes and a school, and killed 15 people...
West Update
West Update
West Update
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
West Update
West Update
West Update
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...
West Update
West Update
West Update
A detention hearing for a former West volunteer paramedic arrested last week has been postponed. Bryce Ashley Reed had been scheduled to for a formal arraignment and detention hearing in a U.S. Magistrate Court after being indicted Tuesday for possession of an unregistered firearm...
Giving Spirit
Giving Spirit
Giving Spirit
Two local school districts have rallied in support of those impacted by last week’s West Fertilizer Plant explosion.   Haynes Elementary School in Killeen managed to load two trailers with donated goods after the school sent letters home with children Thursday. Sch...