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Today our prayers go out to the people of West, Texas in the aftermath of last night's deadly explosion at a fertilizer plant. A tight-knit community has been shaken, and good, hard-working people have lost their lives. I want to thank the first responders who worked tirelessly through the night to contain the situation and treat the wounded.
The Port Neal fertilizer plant explosion occurred on December 13, 1994 in the ammonium nitrate plant at the Terra International, Inc., Port Neal Complex, 16 mi (26 km) south of Sioux City, Iowa, United States. [1] Four workers at the plant were killed by the explosion, and eighteen others were injured. [3]
An Aetna Chemical Co. plant suffered an explosion of 1,400 kilograms (3,000 lb) of ammonium nitrate, while concentrating it in a pan by evaporation. The speculated cause was impurities within the nitric acid used to produce the ammonium nitrate. Six men were killed and eight injured. The shock wave was felt at a distance of 11 kilometres (7 mi ...
In 2013, ammonium nitrate was the cause of an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, killing 15 people, injuring 200 and wiping out hundreds of homes. Federal officials later found the ...
The City of Winston-Salem, N.C., is asking people within one mile of a raging blaze at factory to evacuate due to the possibility of a large explosion. Fire at fertilizer plant may cause explosion ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. 2020 Beirut explosion Aftermath of the explosion, with the destroyed grain silos to the left and the flooded blast crater to the right. Date 4 August 2020 (2020-08-04) Time 18:08:18 EEST (UTC+03:00) Venue Port of Beirut Location Beirut, Lebanon Coordinates 33°54′05″N 35°31′09″E ...
ATF Special Agent in Charge Rob Elder told reporters that a reward of up to $50,000 was being offered for the person or persons responsible for the crime.
Steel girders were found 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) away from the explosion site. [3] The blast measured 3.4 on the Richter scale, [4] with an estimated power equivalent to 20-40 tons of TNT. [2] The explosion was heard 80 km (50 miles) away. [5] Due to the acoustics of the hills and the loud sound, the explosion was reported as occurring in ...