TEXAS BLAST

ARTICLES RELATING TO TEXAS EXPLOSION

Race to find survivors after Texas blast

2013-04-18 17:34

Rescuers have launched a door-to-door search for victims after a massive explosion at a Texas fertilizer factory, killed as many as 15 people and levelled much of this small Texas town.

• Rescue workers among Texas blast dead
• When fertilisers explode: Some precedents
• Texas blast: Unclear how many trapped

When fertilisers explode: Some precedents

2013-04-18 15:25

Here is a list of previous deadly accidents linked to highly-explosive chemical fertilisers, after the blast in Texas which, according to a provisional toll, has left between five and 15 people dead.

• No evidence of foul play in Texas blast
• US town braces for plant blast death toll
• Rescue workers among Texas blast dead

No evidence of foul play in Texas blast

2013-04-18 12:06

An estimated five to 15 people have been killed in an explosion and fire that tore through a fertiliser plant and levelled dozens of homes in a small Texas town, say police.

• Texas explosion scene like a 'war zone'
• US town braces for plant blast death toll
• Texas explosion in picturesview

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Texas explosion in pictures

2013-04-18 09:04

An explosion at a fertiliser plant in Texas has killed dozens of people. See the pictures.

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Texas explosion scene like a 'war zone'

2013-04-18 08:23

Eyewitnesses of a deadly explosion that ripped through a Texas fertiliser plant near Waco have described the scene as resembling a 'war zone'.

• Scores die in Texas fertiliser plant blast
• Dozens believed dead in Texas explosionwatch

 

Texas blast: Unclear how many trapped

2013-04-18 15:53

Police in Texas say it's not clear how many people remain trapped in the rubble after a fertiliser plant explosion that killed as many as 15 people and injured more than 160 others.

• When fertilisers explode: Some precedents
• Rescue workers among Texas blast dead
• Texas explosion in picturesview

Rescue workers among Texas blast dead

2013-04-18 13:15

Two of those killed in a massive explosion at a fertiliser plant in Texas were emergency medical workers, say police who have placed the death toll estimate at up to 15 currently.

• No evidence of foul play in Texas blast
• Texas explosion footagewatch
• Texas explosion in picturesview

US town braces for plant blast death toll

2013-04-18 09:31

A massive explosion at a fertiliser plant near Waco has injured dozens of people and killed an unknown number of others, leaving the factory a smouldering ruin and levelling other buildings.

• Texas explosion in picturesview
• Texas explosion scene like a 'war zone'
• Dozens believed dead in Texas explosionwatch

Video

Texas explosion footage

2013-04-18 08:46

A massive explosion has rocked a fertiliser plant near Waco, Texas. Hundreds of people were injured. Watch.

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Scores die in Texas fertiliser plant blast

2013-04-18 07:15

Some 60 to 70 people have been killed and hundreds injured by an explosion at a fertiliser plant outside Waco, Texas, according to reports.

• Texas explosion in picturesview
• Dozens believed dead in Texas explosionwatch
• US town braces for plant blast death toll