In Photos: Fertilizer Plant Explosion in West, Texas
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- A damaged vehicle is seen after an explosion at the fertilizer plant.
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- The deadly explosion ripped through the fertilizer plant late on April 13, injuring more than 200 people, destroying 50 homes and damaging other buildings.
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- A chemical trailer sits among the remains of the burning fertilizer plant in April 2013.
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- A vehicle is seen near the remains of a fertilizer plant burning after the explosion.
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- Maria Galvin cleans up broken glass in the front of her business.
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- Searchers in protective suits walk through the blast zone of the fertilizer plant that exploded.
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- Meghan Clontz of Oklahoma City travelled to the town of West to be with family members after the massive explosion in the town
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- A tattered flag on the rainy morning of Thursday, April 18, in West, Texas.
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- Police and rescue workers stand near a building which was left destroyed.
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- An aerial view shows investigators walking through the aftermath of a massive explosion at a fertilizer plant in the town of West, near Waco, Texas April 18, 2013.
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- The apartment building where Darryl Garricks’ grandchildren were when the blast hit. The children are OK.
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- Residents of West gather for a candlelight vigil on Thursday, April 19.
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- A flag is flown at half staff in West, Texas, near the scene of the fertilizer plant that exploded Wednesday night in in the town of 2,8000 on Thursday, April 18, 2013.
After an explosion in the small town of West, Texas Wednesday night, some 14 are dead and 200 injured. The incident has displaced a number of people in the small Central Texas community, and questions have risen about the safety and regulation of the plant.
KUT photographers Filipa Rodrigues and Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon traveled to the town of West with StateImpact Texas to document the story. You can see their images, along with photos from wire services and state officials, in the gallery above.
