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On April 17, 2013, an ammonium nitrate explosion occurred at the West Fertilizer Company storage and distribution facility in West, Texas, United States (18 miles (29 km) north of Waco), while emergency services personnel were responding to a fire at the facility. [7]
A massive explosion at a fertilizer storage and distribution facility fatally injured twelve volunteer firefighters, two members of the public and caused hundreds of injuries. Final Reports. FINAL REPORT: West Fertilizer Final Investigation Report.
The CSB’s newly released 12-minute safety video entitled, “Dangerously Close: Explosion in West, Texas,” includes a 3D animation of the fire and explosion as well as interviews with CSB investigators and Chairperson Vanessa Allen Sutherland. The video can be viewed on the CSB’s website and YouTube.
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17 kwi 2023 · At 7:51 PM on April 17, 2013, the small town of West, TX, was changed forever when a fire at a fertilizer plant sparked an explosion that claimed 15 lives.
9 lut 2021 · A Texas Public Radio-Houston Public Media investigation has uncovered new details about the aftermath of the 2013 ammonium nitrate explosion in the City of West — one of the largest and deadliest chemical disasters in recent U.S. history.
13 kwi 2023 · West, Texas: The fertilizer plant explosion that killed 10 firefighters. Detailing the tragedy from the initial response to the final investigation. April 13, 2023 09:33 AM •. Joshua Davis....
17 kwi 2023 · A 2013 fertilizer explosion in West, Texas that killed 15 and injured 260 others showed us just how dangerous improper storage of chemicals could be.
