Disaster recovery, investigation proceed in West

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Ed Sterling
Texas Press Association
AUSTIN — An explosion on April 17 at a fertilizer storage and distribution company in the city of West left at least 14 people dead and an estimated 200 injured.
Counted among the dead were 10 volunteer firefighters who were called to the scene to extinguish a fire discovered there. As they fought the fire, an explosion powerful enough to knock down a nearby school and an apartment complex occurred at 7:50 p.m. Flames and the shockwave from the blast burned homes, shattered windows and incapacitated infrastructure up to several blocks away. Read more in our e-edition: http://www.etypeservices.com/SWF/LocalUser/Atlanta1//Magazine26151/Full/index.aspx?id=26151
 
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