Texas ammonia-plant blast kills an estimated 5 to 15 people

Published 3:23 pm Thursday, April 18, 2013

An explosion at Adair Grain Inc.’s fertilizer facility in the town of West killed as many as 15 people and injured at least 160 in what may be the worst U.S. industrial disaster since the Texas refinery blast in 2005.

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