Iowa Community Knows Risks of Fertilizer But Welcomes Plant Expansion

By Dave Fehling, KUHF News for StateImpact Texas PLAY AUDIO SIOUX CITY – There’s a community in Iowa that now has a tragic link to the town of West, Texas.  Both communities have had fertilizer plants that have exploded, killing and injuring people. In Iowa, it happened early one morning in December 1994 a few […]

Massive Explosion near Waco Injures Hundreds; Dozen Feared Dead

WEST, TEXAS – An explosion at a fertilizer plant in West has leveled buildings, injured hundreds of people and possibly killed a dozen or more. The explosion occurred just before 8pm Central Time Wednesday as first responders were working to extinguish a blaze at the West Fertilizer Company.