Texas Highways Magazine

West

en years ago, on the evening of April 17, 2013, a fertilizer plant in the Central Texas town of West exploded. The blast and fire at the West Fertilizer Co.’s storage facility destroyed the town’s northside neighborhood, a nursing home, an assisted living center, an apartment building, and two public schools. Fifteen people died, including 12 first responders; another 200 people were injured. Since then, the community has rebuilt,

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