Friday, August 16, 2013

West Texas Fertilizer Explosion Was Terrorist Attack By Foreign Enemy

West Texas Fertilizer Explosion --- ===

 In May 2016, federal investigators determined the blast to be deliberate after "we ruled out all accidental and natural causes. But nobody, not even conspiracy theorists speculate who could be behind an active measures conspiracy theory campaign to blame republicans stopping regulations, Monsanto GMO lawsuit, or missile attack, all from pro-Russian anti-Israel blogs.
 Not an act of terrorism?

 The third option is arson, though no one has been charged, and investigators haven’t suggested how someone might have set the fire. On May 10, Bryce Reed, a former West volunteer paramedic, was arrested and charged with possession of a pipe bomb


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World Socialist Web SiteFeb 11, 2016 - More than 1,300 facilities nationwide store the type of agricultural chemical—fertilizer-grade ammonium nitrate—that set off an explosion in the centralTexas ...

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When the West Fertilizer Co. plant was built in 1962, it was north of town, surrounded by the farms and ranches it supplied. Over the decades, though, West crept toward it. Today the plant is neighbored by two schools and, across a small park to its west, a two-story apartment complex. On the other side of the apartment block is the local nursing home, West Rest Haven, and stretching away to the north and south are some of the bigger homes in town.

.. Marek, along with a captain from the McLennan County sheriff’s department, walked the blast site and found the bodies. Most were within a 50-foot radius of each other, and a couple were pinned under a fire truck. Some were identifiable, others were not. Wood and metal fragments, fertilizer, and bits of fencing covered the site in drifts three feet high.

Marek won’t say much about what he saw: Investigators have asked witnesses not to talk to the media. Of the West firefighters, Dragoo, Pustejovsky, the Snokhous brothers, and Bridges were killed, as were four EMT students who had also responded: Perry Calvin, Jerry Chapman, Cyrus Reed, and Kevin Sanders. Buck Uptmor, a contractor and rodeo rider who had been trying to save some horses near the plant, died, as did Jimmy Matus. Luckey Harris was also among the dead. “Everybody knew, but we didn’t know for sure,” says Pratka. “When it came it was tough.”


wo and a half months later, the cause of the West fire remains officially undetermined. An investigation led by the state fire marshal and the ATF continues. Fire investigation is a subtractive process—investigators cross off potential causes until, ideally, there’s only one left. At this point, the West investigation is down to three. The first is the building’s electrical system. The second is a golf cart; the workers used one to get around the facility, and both electric and gas-powered golf carts have been recalled in recent years for catching fire.


The third option is arson, though no one has been charged, and investigators haven’t suggested how someone might have set the fire. On May 10, Bryce Reed, a former West volunteer paramedic, was arrested and charged with possession of a pipe bomb. In the blast’s aftermath, Reed had made dubious claims to the press about his role in the response and was quickly let go from West EMS. He has strongly denied setting the fire, however, and law enforcement officials, at least on this count, say they believe him. “At this time we can find no connection whatsoever between Bryce Reed, the pipe bomb, and the explosion at West,” Sheriff McNamara says.


Comments blame blast on Republicans lack of regulations in Texas, which may be conspiracy to hide the real cause, deliberately set fire.

Texas republicans and their citizens deserve this got because Texas don't like regulators and rules that could have saved Texan lives.
Of course, Texas isn't going to learn from this. They will continue to thumb their nose on life-saving regulations and "big government".

Nothing says freedom from government like blowing up a refinery because you don't like regulation

Baloney! This is was not an accident but criminal negligence. Putting this business next to places where people live, work and play is plain stupid. [caused by lack of regulation]

Sorry, as I too, thought that. The story tells us all, who can read and comprehend, that the town, GREW TOWARDS the plant....but the citizenry were blind and negligent, especially AFTER Oklahoma City. But the writer did a 'Pulitzer' job of explaining much. Personally, we SELL OUT far too quickly, for jobs of ANY kind. Fracking will prove this, as will coal trains, wind mill power plants etc....there is a price for everything....you just don't wanna KNOW it.


*Conspiracy Theories
  • False Flag
  • Illuminati
  • Missile
  • Monsanto plant was destroyed also in West, Texas
  • Regulation
  • Republican anti-regulaion
  • wolfblitzzer0s  Why Would Anyone Want To Blow Up A West Texas Fertilizer Plant
  • World Socialist Web Site Federal report criticizes lack of regulation and safety
  • Zionist
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alternative news is filled with the outrageous and transparent doings of the criminal and fascist nation which attacked the Boston Marathon, under the direction and control of Israel.

the explosion in the little town of West, Texas, at the fertilizer plant, is looking more and more like a tactical missile strike. 

 the company that owned the now-destroyed fertilizer plant in West, Texas, (West Fertilizer Co.), had filed a lawsuit against none other than (wait for it) - Monsanto, yes, Monsanto, in 2007, accusing said company of artificially inflating the prices of its deadly Roundup herbicide. (Payback is a motherfucker, ain't it?) A Satanic magistrate finally denied West Fertilizer Co.'s request to file the suit as a class-action lawsuit back in 2010, and it went into legal limbo, although the suit was not dead in a literal sense. (It's dead now, though, ain't it, in more ways than one.)

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*Wikipedia

West Fertilizer Company explosion

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
West Fertilizer Company explosion
West Explosion Aerial.jpg
Aerial photo taken several days after the event.
Time7:50:38 p.m. CDT (UTC−05:00)
DateApril 17, 2013
LocationWest Fertilizer Co.,
1471 Jerry Mashek Drive,
West, Texas, United States
Coordinates31.816°N 97.088°WCoordinates: 31.816°N 97.088°W
CauseArson[1]
Deaths15[2][3]
Non-fatal injuriesMore than 160[4]
Property damageWest Fertilizer Company building obliterated,[5] 60–80 homes destroyed, 50–75 homes damaged, 50-unit apartment building destroyed[6]
West Middle School damaged
On April 17, 2013, an ammonium nitrate explosion occurred at the West Fertilizer Company storage and distribution facility in West, Texas, eighteen miles (29 km) north of Waco, while emergency services personnel were responding to a fire at the facility.[7] Fifteen people were killed, more than 160 were injured, and more than 150 buildings were damaged or destroyed. Investigators have confirmed that ammonium nitrate was the material that exploded, but the cause of the initial fire is as yet unknown.[8]
On May 11, 2016, the BATF revealed that the fire had been deliberately set.[1]

Background[edit]

West Fertilizer Company has supplied chemicals to farmers since it was founded in 1962; as of 2013 it was owned by Adair Grain, Inc. and employed nine workers at the facility.[9][10]
At the time of the accident, the plant had last been inspected by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 1985. According to records obtained by the Associated Press, OSHA cited the plant for improper storage of anhydrous ammonia and fined it $30; OSHA could have imposed a fine of as much as $1,000. OSHA also cited the plant for violations of respiratory protection standards, but did not issue a fine. OSHA officials said the facility was not on their "National Emphasis Plan" for inspections, because it was not a manufacturer, had no record of a major accident, and the Environmental Protection Agency did not consider it a major risk.[11][12]

Map of West, Texas
After a complaint in 2006 about an ammonia smell coming from the facility, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality investigated and cited the operator for not having obtained a permit for its two storage tanks containing anhydrous ammonia. A permit was issued once the operators brought the facility into accord with agency regulations and recommendations. Also in 2006, the EPA fined the owners $2,300 for problems that included a failure to file a risk management program plan on time.[13][14][15] In June 2012, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration further fined the facility $5,250 for violations regarding its storage of anhydrous ammonia.[12]
According to an open records request by Reuters, the plant had a long history of minor thefts, presumably by people wanting to use anhydrous ammonia to make methamphetamine. The facility lacked burglar alarms or even a fenced perimeter. It installed a surveillance system in 2009 after law enforcement had recommended it.[16]
In an emergency planning report filed with the EPA in 2011, company officials stated the ammonia storage tanks did not represent a significant fire or explosion hazard. The tanks were still intact following the fire and explosion.[17][18]
According to its last filing with the EPA in late 2012, the company stated that it stored 540,000 pounds (270 short tons; 240 t) of ammonium nitrate and 110,000 pounds (55 short tons; 50 t) of anhydrous ammonia on the site.[19] A week after the explosion, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told Senate investigators that the company did not appear to have disclosed its ammonium nitrate stock to her department. Federal law requires that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) be notified whenever anyone has more than one ton of ammonium nitrate on hand, or 400 pounds (180 kg) if the ammonium nitrate is combined with combustible material.[15][16]

Fire and explosion[edit]

External video
 "Dangerously Close: Explosion in West, Texas". U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Safety Video about the fire and explosion at the West Fertilizer Company in West, Texas.
The facility caught fire on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, then exploded with the force of 7.5-10 tons of TNT[20] as firefighters were attempting to douse the flames.[21] The cause of the initial fire remains unknown;[22] authorities ruled out weather, natural causes, anhydrous ammonia, and ammonium nitrate in a rail car as possible causes of the fire.[23] The explosion occurred about 7:50:38 p.m. CDT (00:50 UTC, April 18).[7][24]

Aftermath[edit]


USGS ground level intensity map for the event
As a result of the massive explosion, the West Fertilizer Company plant was obliterated, and heavy damage and further destruction was caused to surrounding areas. Numbers for people dead or injured varied initially.

Damage[edit]

In addition to the obliterated plant, the damaged buildings included the public West Middle School, which sits next to the facility.[25] A neighboring 50-unit, two-story apartment building was destroyed.[6]
The blast damaged the nearby West Rest Haven nursing home, and many residents were evacuated. Many of the nursing home residents received cuts from flying glass, but emergency personnel on scene judged that most of these injuries were not life-threatening.[26]
On April 20, some residents who tried to return to their destroyed homes were turned away, because leaking gas tanks were causing small fires.[27]
According to the company's insurer, United States Fire Insurance of Morristown, New Jersey, the facility was only covered by $1 million in liability insurance. According to official estimates from both state and company officials, this amount will not even begin to cover the cost of damages. Furthermore, according to The Dallas Morning News, Texas law allows fertilizer storage facilities to operate without any liability insurance at all, even when they store hazardous materials.[28]

Injuries and fatalities[edit]

West Mayor Tommy Muska told the Waco Tribune-Herald that as of late evening, April 17, six or seven volunteer firefighters from the city were unaccounted for.[29] West EMS Director Dr. George Smith, himself injured, stated that he believed at least two emergency responders were killed.[30]
"We do have confirmed fatalities," Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman D.L. Wilson said at a midnight news conference on April 17. "We have a tremendous amount of injuries ... over 100 injuries at this time." Wilson did not confirm or deny an earlier report that the number of deaths could be in the range of 60 to 70. He said the blast zone was "just like the Murrah Building in Oklahoma City," comparing its effects to the Oklahoma City bombing, and that there were "50 to 75" homes and businesses damaged.[31] Sergeant William Patrick Swanton of the Waco Police Department said the operation has gone into a "search-and-rescue mode", aiming to find survivors and recover those who might be trapped in buildings. He said at least 160 people had been injured, and the firefighters who were combating the initial fire were yet to be accounted for. Swanton quoted local environmental officials and emergency personnel in saying there was no risk to the community from the smoke fumes rising from the facility.[32]
Over 100 people were reported to be injured in the blast and were originally transported to a makeshift triage set up at West High School's football field. It was later moved to a community center due to its proximity to the still-burning facility. Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco received over 40 injured for treatment. Patients were also admitted to Waco's Providence Healthcare Network, Fort Worth's John Peter Smith Health Network, Dallas's Parkland Memorial Hospital, and Temple's Scott and White Memorial Hospital.[33]
It was announced on April 19 that twelve bodies had been recovered, sixty people were missing, and there had been at least 200 injured.[34] The twelve dead included ten first responders as well as two civilians who had volunteered to fight the fire.[35]
The final confirmed death toll was fifteen fatalities,[2][3] while approximately 160 people sustained non-fatal injuries.[4]

Reaction[edit]


Seismograph reading from Hockley, Texas, 142 miles (228 km) south-east of West, clearly displaying the temblor caused by the explosion
Those living in and around West report that the blast felt like an earthquake.[36] The United States Geological Survey recorded the explosion as a 2.1-magnitude tremor.[37][38] The blast was heard in nearby Hillsboro, Waxahachie, DeSoto, and as far north asArlington. Windows were blown out in Abbott, 7 miles (11 km) NNE of West.[39]
Texas Governor Rick Perry issued a statement on the evening of April 17:
President Barack Obama issued his own statement on April 18:
Due to toxic fumes and a large number of displaced families, West Independent School District announced on its Twitter feed that all five of the district's schools would stay closed until further notice; they reopened on April 22.[43] Nearby school districts Abbott Independent School District (ISD) and Penelope ISD also closed their schools for a day.
Waco Police indicated that the explosion site would be treated as a crime scene out of caution. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced on the morning of April 18 that it would be sending a national response team including fire investigators, explosive experts, chemists, and canine units to investigate the site.[44] The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, an independent federal agency that investigates accidents involving industrial chemicals, also dispatched a major investigation team to West to begin searching for the cause of the disaster.[45]
Urban Search and Rescue Texas Task Force 1 and Texas Task Force 2 Urban Search and Rescue were deployed on the morning of April 18 to assist in search and rescue.[46][47] An incident management team from the Texas A&M Forest Service was also deployed,[48] as was the Veterinary Emergency Team from Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences.[49]
Governor Perry declared McLennan County a disaster area, and on April 22, President Obama issued an Emergency Declaration, which afforded the state aid with 75% federal funding.[50][51]On April 18, the Texas National Guard sent members of the 6th Civil Support Team to the area to test the air quality and assess chemical and biological hazards.[52]
On June 13, 2013, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) declined additional aid to the town, based in large part on the ability of the State of Texas to provide the necessary funds to rebuild.[53] However, on August 2, 2013, FEMA reversed its original decision and approved a major disaster declaration for West.[54]

Investigation[edit]

The state fire marshal department said that investigators interviewed "almost 300 people," and followed 160 leads in their initial investigation.
In May 2013, the Texas Department of Public Safety instructed the Texas Rangers and the McLennan Sheriff's Department to join the Texas Fire Marshall's Office and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, in the criminal investigation into the explosion.[55][56]
Ultimately, investigators blamed stocks of ammonium nitrate fertilizer stored in a bin inside a seed and fertilizer building on the property for the explosion[57] but failed to identify what started the actual fire that led to the explosion.
On April 22, 2014, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board released preliminary results of its investigation into the explosion. It found that company officials failed to safely store the chemicals in its stockpile, and that federal, state and local regulations about the handling of hazardous materials were inadequate.[58] In a statement released alongside the report, the board's chair, Dr. Rafael Moure-Eraso, stated: "The fire and explosion at West Fertilizer was preventable. It should never have occurred. It resulted from the failure of a company to take the necessary steps to avert a preventable fire and explosion and from the inability of federal, state and local regulatory agencies to identify a serious hazard and correct it."[59] The CSB's yearlong investigation found that 1,351 facilities across the country store ammonium nitrate, and that there many areas had no regulations to keep such facilities away from populated areas.[59] Moure-Eraso urged new and revised regulations, stating "there is no substitute for an efficient regulatory system that ensures that all companies are operating to the same high standards. We cannot depend on voluntary compliance."[59][60]

Regulatory changes[edit]

One year later, in 2014, the Wall Street Journal reported that fertilizer storage regulations in the U.S. were unchanged.[61]
In April 2015, three bills regulating storage and inspection of ammonium nitrate and a fourth bill to create a statewide notification system alerting the public about any hazardous chemical leak at a manufacturing facility were introduced in the Texas Legislature.[62]

Lawsuits[edit]

At least seven lawsuits were filed against Adair Grain Inc., which owned the West Fertilizer Company facility. On October 11, 2015, a day before jury selection was scheduled to begin, a partial settlement in one case was reached. Its terms have not been disclosed. The settlement includes the families of the three civilians killed in the fire and explosion.
A trial for a second group of plaintiffs is expected to begin in early 2016.[63]

See also[edit]

References[edit]


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