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Investigators site three possible causes: a problem with one of the plant's electrical systems, a battery-powered golf cart, and a criminal act. ...
The Associated Press POCA, W.Va. — Two workers were injured Monday when gas being stored at a West Virginia industrial site exploded, officials say. Fire crews were sent at ...
By Harold Heckle The Associated Press MADRID — A historic jet plane crashed into a hangar and exploded in a fireball at an airshow southwest of the capital Sunday, severely ...
By Rick Jervis USA Today AUSTIN, Texas — Recent processions and eulogies memorialized the 10 firefighters killed last month in a West, Texas, fertilizer plant explosion, but ...
The Associated Press DENHAM SPRINGS, La. — An oil tank has exploded in Louisiana in an area outside Baton Rouge, prompting the evacuation of 30 to 35 homes. The explosion ...
FONTANA, Calif. — Firefighters rescued a worker trapped under 1,000 pounds of granite in a truck Tuesday evening. CBS Los Angeles reported that employees were in the process ...
By Matt Howerton KWTX.com WEST, Texas — As the City of West continues to bury its fallen first responders, more information is surfacing about where some of those heroes were ...
The Associated Press CLACKAMAS, Ore. — An Oregon cleaning worker was killed when he fell into a running blender at a meat-processing plant, the Clackamas County Sheriff's ...
Nearly all 50 calls that flooded in during 35 minutes came from within a mile of the plant after blast. ...
Perhaps like many other FireRescue1 readers, I'm still trying to wrap my head around the impact of last Wednesday's horrific explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas. ...
Business and industry cannot be trusted to self-police when it comes to fire safety. ...
West, Texas, mayor said that at least 10 of the 14 killed were first responders. ...
By Ramit Plushnick-Masti and Jack Gillum The Associated Press WEST, Texas — There were no sprinklers. No firewalls. No water deluge systems. Safety inspections were rare at ...
Plant owner said he will never forget the self sacrifice of first responders. ...
By Nomaan Merchant and Christopher Sherman The Associated Press WEST, Texas — The bodies of 12 people have been recovered from the remnants of a tiny Texas farm town that was ...
By Christopher Sherman and Will Weissert The Associated Press WEST, Texas — The neighborhood surrounding a Texas fertilizer plant that erupted in a thunderous explosion is ...
If you are reading this, you most likely already know about the massive explosion in West, Texas. You've probably seen the video and watched for updates of the missing ...
Radio traffic from West shows effort to coordinate large-scale incident response; several firefighters feared dead ...
WEST, Texas — Taking video of what he must have thought was a big from a safe distance, Erick Perez was knocked back when the West Fertilizer company's plant exploded ...
Explosion shook the ground with the strength of a small earthquake ...



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