More than half of the West fire department had hazardous material training. April 18, 2012— -- In the wake of a deadly fire and chemical explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant near Waco, which ...

WEST, TEXAS — Tuesday marks five years since an intentionally-set fire caused an explosion at the West Fertilizer Company in the small town of West, TX, killing 15 people, injuring more than 260 and ...

David Sirota writes: Occurring in the heart of a nation whose government data documents 4,500 workplace deaths every year at a cost of $250 billion, the deadly blast originated at a fertilizer plant ...

On Thursday afternoon, President Obama spoke at memorial service for twelve firefighters killed during the catastrophic explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas on April 17. Delivered at Baylor ...

Unfortunately, this has been a horrible week for explosions. While the nation is still coming to terms with the tragedy that took place at the Boston Marathon, a massive explosion took place at a ...

In a news conference Monday, officials declared safe the neighborhood around the site of last week's deadly West, Texas, fertilizer plant blast, which was so powerful it registered as a small ...

In the wake of the West, Texas, fertilizer plant explosion, the folks over at the Chemical Safety Board got their team together and headed to Texas to start the process of sifting through the massive ...

Law enforcement officials in Texas have launched a criminal investigation into the explosion at the fertilizer plant in West, Texas last month that killed 15 people. Hours before, ATF officials ...

The children of West, Texas, who lost their homes and schools after a massive fertilizer explosion tore through their town, will start classes in two weeks in a cluster of temporary classrooms. The ...