What the records say
- When
- 17 Apr 2013
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 31.82° N, 97.09° W
- Description
- 15 people are dead and 160 injured after the Texas fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, West Fertilizer Company explosion.
West Fertilizer Company explosion
2013 explosion of ammonium nitrate in Texas, USA
On April 17, 2013, an ammonium nitrate explosion occurred at the West Fertilizer Company storage and distribution facility in West, Texas, United States, while emergency services personnel were responding to a fire there. Fifteen people were killed, over 160 injured, and more than 150 buildings damaged or destroyed. Investigators confirmed that ammonium nitrate was the material that exploded.
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