fertilizer plant tragedy

'We don't seem to learn': Beirut explosion echoes US tragedy

FILE - In this April 18, 2013 file photo, mangled debris of the West Fertilizer Co. plant is seen, a day after an explosion leveled the plant in West, Texas. Images of a massive explosion in the Lebanese capital looked depressingly familiar to West, Texas Mayor Tommy Muska, whose small town in 2013 was partly leveled by one of the deadliest Get price

Lessons learned from major accidents involving fertilizers

Production in the fertilizer plant had been stopped due to maintenance work in the ammonia storage area, and as a result, there could be no supply of ammonia to the plant. Just prior to the explosion, an automatic fire detector directly connected to the control room of the local emergency preparedness unit and the plant went off. Get price

Was the fertilizer plant explosion in Texas a "good" event

April 18 was a very sad day in West, Texas. A fire at the fertilizer plant resulted in an explosion that destroyed the plant, killed some 15 people, wounded over 100, destroyed some homes, damaged a church, and brought pain and trouble into the lives of many people. By anyone's definition, it was a tragedy but, unlike the bombing at the Get price

Blast at a fertilizer plant near Waco, Texas; hundreds of

Apr 18, 2013WEST, Texas: Some 60 to 70 people were killed and hundreds of people were likely injured in a fiery explosion on Wednesday night at a fertilizer plant near Waco, Texas, that damaged or destroyed numerous buildings including a school and nursing home, authorities said. However, the report on death could not be immediately verified by news agency, but KWTX television (a local TV) cited Get price

Top 13 In 2013, #7: Tragedy In West, Texas

On April 17, a fertilizer plant owned by West Fertilizer Company, in the Texas town of West, caught fire. As firefighters battled the blaze, of which the cause is still not known, the plant exploded, leaving six or seven firefighters, and at least two EMS responders, unaccounted for or missing and assumed dead.The blast shattered windows around the small town and left many worried that, given Get price

Fertilizers: All About Numbers Ratios, Synthetic vs

Sep 03, 2004Such fertilizers are intended to meet most plants' general requirements throughout the growing season. Special-purpose fertilizers, on the other hand, are formulated for specific needs. They're aimed at the gardener who wants a particular combination of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium for certain plants or garden situations. Get price

Tragic Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion Raises Questions

Apr 26, 2013The West Fertilizer Company plant had this ammonium nitrate present in the plant and it was the ammonium nitrate that caused the serious explosion to occur. However, although more than a week has passed since the explosion, the New York Times points out that investigators did not know how much ammonium nitrate had been stored at the plant nor Get price

Catastrophic Explosion Rips Through Texas Fertilizer Plant

Apr 18, 2013The West Fertilizer Plant, located near Waco, Texas, experienced a fire earlier in the day that grew larger and culminated in a massive explosion just before 8 p.m. An amateur video taken by a man who watched the plant fire at a distance with his daughter displays the severity and impact of Get price

'We don't seem to learn': Beirut explosion echoes US tragedy

It is what the mayor of West, Texas, lived seven years ago when one of the deadliest fertilizer plant explosions in U.S. history partly leveled his rural town. On Wednesday, Muska also couldn't shake a familiar feeling — that yet again, no lessons will be learned. Get price

Texas tragedy may cost fertilizer plant only $1 million

Fifteen people died and more than 200 others were injured following an explosion at a West, Texas fertilizer plant last month, and lawyers for the facility now admit that the plant's owners aren't prepared to pay for the damages. Texas tragedy may cost fertilizer plant only $1 million 6 May, 2013 16:08 . Get price

Port Neal, IA Chemical Plant Explosion, Dec 1994

EXPLOSION AT FARM CHEMICAL PLANT IN RURAL IOWA. BLAST LEVELS SEVEN-STORY BUILDING AT FERTILIZER PLANT. Sioux City, Iowa - (AP) - An explosion demolished a farm chemical plant Tuesday, killing at least four workers and leaving only a crater where the seven-story building had stood. Seventeen people were injured. Get price

Catastrophic Explosion Rips Through Texas Fertilizer Plant

Apr 18, 2013The West Fertilizer Plant, located near Waco, Texas, experienced a fire earlier in the day that grew larger and culminated in a massive explosion just before 8 p.m. An amateur video taken by a man who watched the plant fire at a distance with his daughter displays the severity and impact of Get price

Remembering the 1966 Riga Confined Space Tragedy

May 26, 2014On a Saturday afternoon in May 1966, five men lost their lives, wives lost their husbands, and twenty children lost their fathers. Consider it a cautionary tale about the lethal danger of hydrogen sulfide. The confined space was a cistern fed by a 300-foot deep water well and the gas apparently occurred naturally in the ground. The accident was reported as far away as Sidney, Australia via Get price

Barack Obama

Memorial Address for the Victims of the West Fertilizer Plant Explosions Delivered 25 April 2013, University of Baylor, Waco, Texas to go away. And instead of changing who you are, this tragedy has simply revealed who you've always been. It's the courage of Deborah Sulak, who works as a cashier just around the corner from the fire Get price

Waco Fertilizer Plant Explosion

The West Fertilizer Company plant explosion near Waco, Texas, was a tragedy of a national scale, and it will have a lasting impact on our community. At least 14 people were killed and more than 160 were injured in the devastating explosion. More than 75 homes were damaged in the blast as well as an apartment complex. Get price

Texas Fertilizer Plant Blast Killed Several, Injured

After a fire and explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, that killed as many as 15 people and injured more than 160 others, rescue workers on Thursday are still sifting through the smoldering rubble hoping to find survivors. This tragedy has most likely hit every family, has touched nearly everyone in that town, he said. Get price

Texas fertilizer plant explosion

An explosion at the West Fertilizer Co. plant in West, Texas, is pictured in this still image obtained from a April 17, 2013 amateur video obtained by NBC. The explosion at the plant on the evening of April 17 injured more than 160 people, and prompted the evacuation of half the town. Get price

November 12, 2014

fertilizer plant containing an estimated 40 to 60 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded just outside the city limits. The explosion occurred less than 20 minutes after the emergency responders arrived on-scene. The victims included 5 volunteer fire fighters with the city's volunteer fire department, and 4 Get price

West, Texas Receives $10 Million in Fertilizer Plant

The Central Texas town of West has accepted a $10.44 million settlement to resolve a lawsuit dealing with a plant explosion that left more than a dozen dead and hundreds wounded. Details of the West Fertilizer Plant Explosion. The 2013 explosion occurred at the West Fertilizer Co. north of Waco. Get price

'We don't seem to learn': Beirut explosion echoes US tragedy

Aug 05, 2020Images of a massive explosion in the Lebanese capital looked depressingly familiar to West, Texas Mayor Tommy, whose small town in 2013 was partly leveled by one of the deadliest fertilizer plant explosions in U.S. history. "I don't know what people were thinking about storing that stuff," Muska said, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Get price

'We don't seem to learn': Beirut explosion echoes US tragedy

Aug 05, 2020FILE – This April 18, 2013 aerial file photo, shows the remains of a nursing home, left, apartment complex, center, and fertilizer plant, right, destroyed by an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas. Images of a massive explosion in the Lebanese capital looked depressingly familiar to West, Texas Mayor Tommy, whose small town in 2013 was partly leveled by one of the deadliest fertilizer plant explosions Get price

Texas Fertilizer Plant Tragedy Reminder of Need for Better

Apr 22, 2013Statement of Nasima Hossain, U.S. PIRG public health advocate, on the chemical plant explosion in West, Texas "Wednesday night's tragedy at the West fertilizer plant is a catastrophic reminder of the threat posed by hazardous chemicals used in thousands of facilities across the nation, and the need for us to take every step to prevent the recurrence of such tragedies. Get price

'We don't seem to learn': Beirut explosion echoes US tragedy

Aug 05, 2020Images of a massive explosion in the Lebanese capital looked depressingly familiar to West, Texas Mayor Tommy, whose small town in 2013 was partly leveled by one of the deadliest fertilizer plant explosions in U.S. history. "I don't know what people were thinking about storing that stuff," Muska said, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Get price

'We don't seem to learn': Beirut explosion echoes US tragedy

Images of a massive explosion in the Lebanese capital looked depressingly familiar to West, Texas Mayor Tommy, whose small town in 2013 was partly leveled by one of the deadliest fertilizer plant explosions in U.S. history. "I don't know what people were thinking about storing that stuff," Muska said, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Get price

Tragedy in West, Texas: The One

Tragedy in West, Texas: The One-Year Anniversary (Video Gallery) A year ago today, a massive fire and explosion at the West Fertilizer Plant in the town of West, Texas, killed 15 people, injured more than 160 people and destroyed 120 homes (damaging 200 more). Get price