Posted on · Texas has had its share of man-made disasters so you might want to know if you live near anything that could harm you. Under one law, the public has a “right to know”. But under another law that reflects concerns over terrorism, state data that might reveal hazards is kept secret.
Posted on · A lot of Texas is protected by firefighters who are volunteers. But the state has no minimum standards for how they are trained. Has that cost some firefighters their lives? We looked into how a Texas tragedy nearly three years ago continues to raise questions about firefighter safety.
Posted on · President Obama has signed an executive order to improve the safety and security of chemical facilities. The move follows the April explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas that killed fifteen people and leveled much of the city.
Posted on · In the wake of the April fertilizer plant explosion in West, legislators are demanding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency immediately begin regulating potentially explosive fertilizer chemicals.
Posted on · The Federal Emergency Management Agency is still refusing to provide money to help rebuild the small Texas town where a deadly fertilizer plant explosion leveled numerous homes and schools, and killed 15 people.
Posted on · State and federal officials investigating the explosion at West Fertilizer say the cause is undetermined. Fifteen died and much of a 37-block area was demolished.
Posted on · The word from the town West right now is that 14 people are confirmed dead, including Dallas firefighter Captain Kenny Harris. That number may grow as Senator Cornyn says 60 people are still unaccounted for. While West attempts to find their feet in the wake of this disaster, the outpouring of support from all over has been heartening.
Posted on · There's a community in Iowa that now has a tragic link to the town of West, Texas. Both communities have had fertilizer plants that have exploded killing and injuring people.
Posted on · Residents are still trying to make sense of what happened in their tiny Texas town of West — just north of Waco. An explosion at a fertilizer plant killed an undetermined amount of people on Wednesday night and injured nearly 200 others.