Tag: West Fertilizer Co.
Texas Fertilizer Fire, 2013: What Did We Learn? – DTN Apr 16, 2015
Chris Connealy may be road weary from hosting 63 meetings in 66 counties that included touring 2,106 ammonium nitrate facilities across Texas in the past two years. Yet, looking into […]
Texas Explosion Prompts Subtle Changes in Fertilizer Industry — DTN Apr 21, 2014
On the surface, it seems not much has changed for the fertilizer industry in the year since the deadly fertilizer retail business explosion in West, Texas. There are no new […]
Chemical Safety Board Plans Meeting in West, Texas — DTN Apr 17, 2014
A public meeting will be held in West, Texas, next week by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board to allow people to gain more insight and share comments on an ammonium […]
West, Texas, Recovers and Rebuilds with Cautious Approach — DTN Apr 17, 2014
West, Texas, Mayor Tommy Muska knows he has a fine line to walk. His community is still recovering from a devastating explosion of a fertilizer plant a year ago. For […]
Victims of Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion Remembered — DTN Apr 17, 2014
At 7:51 p.m. April 17, people in West, Texas, will pause in silence. It was the very moment one year ago that a fire in a wooden storage shed holding […]