Investigation found lack of regulation at all levels of government
The lessons learned from the deadly 2013 West, Texas explosion and fire are not being passed along to emergency responders in other communities with facilities that store ammonium nitrate (AN), according to the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB).
That was only one of the criticisms in the just-released initial findings into the blast at the West Fertilizer Co. which claimed 14 lives, many of them first responders. The incident also injured 226 people and destroyed dozens of buildings in the small community.