Fertiliser plant owner sued
The owner of a fertiliser plant that exploded last week killing 14 people and destroying dozens of homes and an apartment complex in a tiny Texas town is being sued by a single mom and by several insurance companies.
More than 160 people injured after huge factory blast
As many as 15 people have been killed and more than 160 injured following an huge explosion at a fertiliser plant in the Texan town of West.
Emergency workers are desperately searching for survivors of the blast which was so powerful it was felt 45 miles away.
ITV News Correspondent Paul Davies reports:
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Rescuers search for survivors after Texas blast
A major rescue effort is ongoing in a Texas town devastated by a fertiliser plant explosion that has been likened to a nuclear bomb blast.
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In Pictures: Town decimated by fertiliser plant blast
A huge explosion at a fertiliser plant in the Texan town of West has injured more than 160 people and caused widespread destruction.