Topic: U.S. Chemical Safety Board

The remains of a fertilizer plant burn after an explosion at the plant in the town of West, near Waco, Texas early April 18, 2013. (Reuters)

Failures on all levels

Lindsay Abrams
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Lindsay Abrams
A smashed car sits in front of an apartment complex destroyed by an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas. (AP /LM Otero)

Jim Morris, Chris Hamby