West Explosion News Today

A recent study revealed that nuclear testing fallout reached 46 states, including all of Utah, which means compensation should expand. Read more.

Russia plans to reverse the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), Mikhail Ulyanov, the country's permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, said on Oct. 6.

Every year, the First Baptist Church of West meets in that same field they met in on the Sunday following the explosion

Former 25 News anchors Ann Harder and Bruce Gietzen reflect on reporting the West Explosion 10 years after the deadly fertilizer blast killed 15 and injured hundreds.

At 7:51 PM on April 17, 2013, the small town of West, TX, was changed forever when a fire at a fertilizer plant sparked an explosion that claimed 15 lives.

The deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history happened 76 years ago, caused by the same chemical in the West explosion. Survivors of the Texas City Disaster recount stories of pain and loss.

Ammonium nitrate, although a useful and potent fertilizer used in farming, has a long, sordid history in the U.S. We've created a map showing which disasters were the deadliest across the nation.

The West fertilizer explosion killed 15 and injured hundreds. Check out this minute-by-minute time line from the official investigation of the ammonium nitrate explosion in 2013.

The West fertilizer explosion happened a decade ago, but the ATF says the case is 'still an active investigation'. The bureau says the 30 tons of ammonium nitrate was intentionally set on fire.