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Explosion hits fertilizer plant in West, Texas - MariettaRC - 2013-04-18
http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/17/us/texas-explosion/index.html
... What the heck is going on. That's two in one week, except this one was most likely an accident.
Explosion hits fertilizer plant in West, Texas - Locked - 2013-04-18
[video=youtube;ROrpKx3aIjA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROrpKx3aIjA[/video]
Video of it.
Explosion hits fertilizer plant in West, Texas - Jon - 2013-04-18
Some images of the cloud
![[Image: tumblr_mlfmztgMgs1qd3quqo1_500.jpg]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/9255e5169e48e9d6c6b820484a2652c4/tumblr_mlfmztgMgs1qd3quqo1_500.jpg)
![[Image: tumblr_mlfmztgMgs1qd3quqo3_1280.jpg]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/bc2f3a2083f20149f835454eb314dcd8/tumblr_mlfmztgMgs1qd3quqo3_1280.jpg)
![[Image: tumblr_mlfmztgMgs1qd3quqo4_500.jpg]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/2b3b00653f65b6cb3ff79460226ae3e6/tumblr_mlfmztgMgs1qd3quqo4_500.jpg)
CNN says 2 dead so far; reports say as many as 30~70 may be dead. Many homes are leveled.
Explosion hits fertilizer plant in West, Texas - hadriel - 2013-04-18
Fertilizers => Ammonia + nitrates.
I really wouldn't want to be one of those around there. Chemists run from nitrates unless they have to use them, and we use them very carefully.
Hadriel
Explosion hits fertilizer plant in West, Texas - CrazyForDex - 2013-04-18
Yea I read about that last night. That video is crazy
I have a feeling that people are going to relate this to the Boston bombing, but atm that seems like a stretch imo