Twelve bodies recovered after Texas fertilizer plant blast
Posted April 19, 2013 7:16 am.
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WEST, TEXAS (NEWS1130) – A Texas law enforcement official says 12 bodies have been recovered following a massive explosion that levelled a fertilizer plant.
Texas Department of Public Safety Sergeant Jason Reyes says about 200 people were injured in the explosion at the facility Wednesday night in the small farming community of West, about 20 miles north of Waco.
Search and rescue crews have been sifting through the still-smouldering remains for survivors; that work continues. The blast crumpled dozens of homes, an apartment building, a school and a nursing home.
Authorities say there’s no indication that the blast was anything other than an industrial accident sparked by a fire. The company has been cited for apparently minor safety and permitting violations over the past decade.