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Chemical in Texas blast has a well-known deadly potential
The blast at a West, Texas, fertilizer plant on Wednesday night was so massive that investigators believe it probably involved a significant amount of ammonium nitrate, a chemical that some scientists say should be regulated as an explosive. In a report...
Tags: Environmental Politics, Accidental Death, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Science, Disasters and Accidents
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11 first responders among the dead in Texas fertilizer explosion
WEST, Texas -- Officials confirmed Thursday that 11 first responders were among the dead in a massive explosion at a fertilizer plant that injured at least 160 and devastated a section of this small town. State public safety officials have declined to...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Disasters and Accidents
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Texas State University student says her family among 'lucky ones'
April Puckett logged onto Twitter just 10 minutes after a massive explosion rocked her hometown of West, Texas. Puckett, a 19-year-old freshman at Texas State University in San Marcos, began seeing friends’ pictures of a looming mushroom cloud...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Explosions, Chemical Industry
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ACTUALIZA 3-Rescatistas buscan a sobrevivientes de explosión en Texas
Reuters* Bomberos voluntarios están desaparecidos * Explosión destruyó hasta 80 hogares, edificio de departamentos * Pueblo de West es conocido por su herencia checa (Actualiza con detalles) Por Carey Gillam y Corrie MacLaggan WEST, EEUU, 18 abr...Tags: Barack Obama, Disease Prevention, Chemical Industry, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Dispatch tapes reveal harrowing moments after Texas explosion
In the moments after an explosion tore through a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, dispatchers pleaded for help for downed firefighters, summoning assistance from nearby agencies and directing fire trucks, haz-mat units and other responders to scenes of...Tags: Plant Openings, Chemical Industry, Sports
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Before Texas plant exploded: What did regulators know?
ReutersBy Anna Driver and Joshua Schneyer HOUSTON/NEW YORK, April 19 (Reuters) - Despite being located within a short walk of a nursing home, school and residential buildings, West Fertilizer Co in central Texas had no blast walls and had filed no contingency...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Disasters and Accidents, Long Term Care, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Nursing
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MIT police officer reported shot near campus
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A Massachussetts Institute of Technology police officer was reported shot on or near campus Thursday evening, according to local media and scanner reports. MIT police could not immediately be reached for comment. An official with the...
Tags: Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Shootings, Chemical Industry
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West firefighters died in the line of duty
WEST, Texas -- Bryce Reed stuffed the trunk of his vehicle with Gatorade at a Best Western hotel and braced himself for what would come next. Before heading to the scene of a devastating explosion that killed at least 11 people and wounded more than 160...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Fires, Explosions, Chemical Industry
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'Our sorrow is great,' says pastor at Texas explosion vigil
WEST, Texas -- In the dimly lit sanctuary of Assumption Catholic Church, hundreds gathered here to embrace their friends and family, to cry and to pray for answers just about 24 hours after the tragedy that has left this small East Texas town reeling....
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Religion and Belief, Explosions, Chemical Industry
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MIT officer dies after campus shooting
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer died after a shooting on campus, Cambridge Police said Thursday night. The officer was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. There was a heavy...
Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Heavy Engineering, Shootings
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West, Texas, explosion: Toxic cloud could be spread by strong winds
Authorities dealing with a huge explosion at a fertilizer plant near Waco, Texas, were preparing for a possible shift in the winds that could push toxic clouds toward areas not yet affected by the disaster, officials said early Thursday. At least...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Heavy Engineering, Broken Bones, Manufacturing and Engineering, Explosions
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Rain hampers search for survivors of Texas explosion [Update]
Even as as President Obama pledged federal assistance to the devastated community, morning rainfall was hampering search and rescue efforts Thursday at the site of the West, Texas, fertilizer plant explosion, which killed as many as 15 people and...Tags: FEMA, Barack Obama, Plant Openings, White House, CBS Corp.
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