Category: Personal Injury
West Fertilizer Co. Had $1 Million Liability Policy
May 6, 2013 -- The fertilizer plant that exploded last month in West, Texas had just $1 million in liability insurance, according to lawyers who filed lawsuits against the company. If the company is found negligent and required to pay...
History of Theft and Leaks Before Fertilizer Plant Explosion
Reuters has reported that West Fertilizer Company, the site of a deadly fertilizer plant explosion in Texas last month, was a repeat target of theft by intruders who were after chemicals used to make methamphetamine.
Ammonium Nitrate, Not Anhydrous Ammonia, Source of Explosion
The force of the explosion points to ammonium nitrate, which may have involved hundreds of tons because the chemical is in high demand during the spring planting season.
Senate Scrutinizes West, Texas Explosion at Fertilizer Plant
Lawmakers in Texas and the House of Representatives are expected to press investigators and regulators for answers about the explosion, which killed 15 people and injured 200.
Residents of West Go Home After Fertilizer Plant Explosion
Three days ago, officials finally gave the “all-clear” for residents of West, Texas to return home. It is the first time many people have seen their homes since a fertilizer plant explosion on April 17 destroyed everything in a five-block...
Donations and Help Needed for West, Texas Disaster Relief
April 29, 2013 -- The West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion occurred just two days after terrorists detonated a pressure-cooker bomb at the Boston Marathon. The fertilizer plant explosion killed 15 people, injured hundreds, and displaced dozens of families whose homes...
270 Tons of Ammonium Nitrate Stored at West Fertilizer Plant
April 26, 2013 -- Investigators haven’t determined what caused last week’s fire and explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, but they know that it somehow ignited tanks filled with anhydrous ammonia and ammonium nitrate. Reuters reported that documents...
Donations Pour in for West, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion
International and local organizations are coordinating a wave of assistance and raising donations for the victims of the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas last week that killed 15 people and injured hundreds.
Lawsuits Filed in West Fertilizer Company Explosion in Texas
Reuters is reporting that a single mother and four insurance companies have filed lawsuits against Adair Grain and Donald Adair, the owner of West Fertilizer Company, for last week's fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas.
Locals and Lawmakers Talk Safety After Texas Plant Explosion
The West, Texas, fertilizer plant explosion that killed 14 people last week has led many people to ask why homes, churches, schools, a nursing home, and businesses were allowed to be built so close to a storage facility containing up...