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3 Injured, Two Towns Told To Evacuate After Petrochemical Fire In Texas
Three workers were injured and residents of four towns were told to evacuate after explosions on Wednesday at a Texas petrochemical plant, the latest in a series of chemical plant accidents in the region.
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Explosion At Texas Chemical Plant, Evacuation Ordered: Reports
An explosion at a chemical plant in Texas early Wednesday sent a large fireball into the sky, media reports said, triggering a mandatory evacuation.
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Serial Bomber Suspected In Deadly Austin Explosions: Police
A serial bomber is suspected of planting four bombs this month around Austin, Texas, that have killed two people and injured four others and unnerved residents of the Texas capital.
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'Snakes In Water, Spiders Crawling Up Walls': Texas Battles Harvey; 44 Dead
A flood-hit southeast Texas city lost its drinking water supply and police and soldiers rescued thousands still stranded on Thursday after powerful storm Harvey killed 44 people and displaced more than a million on the Gulf Coast.
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2 Blasts Hit Storm-Crippled Texas Chemical Plant And Company Warns Of Growing Risks
The operators of a chemical plant left without power by floodwaters said Thursday that two explosions rocked the facility and warned that more blasts could occur as rising temperatures make the compounds inside volatile and dangerous.
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2 Explosions Reported At Chemical Plant In Hurricane Harvey-Hit Texas
Local emergency officials on Thursday reported two explosions at a flooded chemical plant in the Texas town of Crosby, its operators Arkema Inc said.
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Four Killed in Texas Chemical Plant Explosion
Four people were killed when an explosion tore through a DuPont plant in Texas on Saturday after a chemical leak, the plant manager said.
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Barack Obama eulogizes victims of tragic Texas blast
President Barack Obama on Thursday eulogized 12 firefighters who were among 14 people killed in a massive blast at a fertilizer plant in a small Texas town, during a week of tragedy in America.
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Barack Obama declares emergency after Texas plant blast
President Barack Obama has issued an emergency declaration and pledged disaster relief aid to Texas to help in the recovery efforts following this week's deadly fertilizer plant explosion near Waco.
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12 bodies recovered after Texas blast: official
The bodies of 12 people have been recovered from the remnants of a tiny Texas farm town that was rocked by a roaring explosion at a fertilizer plant, authorities said on Friday, confirming for the first time the number of people who perished in the accident.
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After huge explosion, Texas town reels, seeks familiar comforts
West High School student Mason Barton, 17, was heading home from watching friends compete at a track and field meet on Wednesday when she got word of an explosion in her tiny town of West, outside of Waco, Texas.
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Texas fertilizer plant blast: Rescuers search for survivors
Rescue teams searched the charred rubble of homes in a small Texas city on Thursday for survivors of a fiery explosion at a nearby fertilizer plant that killed as many as 15 people, injured more than 160 and destroyed dozens of buildings.
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Texas blast caught on a cellphone camera
An explosion in a fertilizer plant explosion in a small Texas town killed as many as 15 people and injured more than 160 others. The blast left the factory a smoldering ruin and leveled buildings for blocks in every direction. A witness caught the Texas fertilizer plant blast with his cellphone camera. Erick Perez stopped to record the fire while...
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Up to 15 people killed, over 160 injured in Texas explosion: police
Rescue workers searched rubble that witnesses compared to a warzone early Thursday for survivors of a fertilizer plant explosion in a small Texas town that killed as many as 15 people and injured more than 160 others. The blast left the factory a smoldering ruin and leveled buildings for blocks in every direction.
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Dozens injured in Texas fertilizer plant explosion
A massive explosion at a fertilizer plant near Waco on Wednesday injured dozens of people and killed an unknown number of others, leaving the factory a smoldering ruin and leveling buildings for blocks in every direction.
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3 Injured, Two Towns Told To Evacuate After Petrochemical Fire In Texas
Three workers were injured and residents of four towns were told to evacuate after explosions on Wednesday at a Texas petrochemical plant, the latest in a series of chemical plant accidents in the region.
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Explosion At Texas Chemical Plant, Evacuation Ordered: Reports
An explosion at a chemical plant in Texas early Wednesday sent a large fireball into the sky, media reports said, triggering a mandatory evacuation.
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Serial Bomber Suspected In Deadly Austin Explosions: Police
A serial bomber is suspected of planting four bombs this month around Austin, Texas, that have killed two people and injured four others and unnerved residents of the Texas capital.
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'Snakes In Water, Spiders Crawling Up Walls': Texas Battles Harvey; 44 Dead
A flood-hit southeast Texas city lost its drinking water supply and police and soldiers rescued thousands still stranded on Thursday after powerful storm Harvey killed 44 people and displaced more than a million on the Gulf Coast.
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2 Blasts Hit Storm-Crippled Texas Chemical Plant And Company Warns Of Growing Risks
The operators of a chemical plant left without power by floodwaters said Thursday that two explosions rocked the facility and warned that more blasts could occur as rising temperatures make the compounds inside volatile and dangerous.
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2 Explosions Reported At Chemical Plant In Hurricane Harvey-Hit Texas
Local emergency officials on Thursday reported two explosions at a flooded chemical plant in the Texas town of Crosby, its operators Arkema Inc said.
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Four Killed in Texas Chemical Plant Explosion
Four people were killed when an explosion tore through a DuPont plant in Texas on Saturday after a chemical leak, the plant manager said.
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Barack Obama eulogizes victims of tragic Texas blast
President Barack Obama on Thursday eulogized 12 firefighters who were among 14 people killed in a massive blast at a fertilizer plant in a small Texas town, during a week of tragedy in America.
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Barack Obama declares emergency after Texas plant blast
President Barack Obama has issued an emergency declaration and pledged disaster relief aid to Texas to help in the recovery efforts following this week's deadly fertilizer plant explosion near Waco.
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12 bodies recovered after Texas blast: official
The bodies of 12 people have been recovered from the remnants of a tiny Texas farm town that was rocked by a roaring explosion at a fertilizer plant, authorities said on Friday, confirming for the first time the number of people who perished in the accident.
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After huge explosion, Texas town reels, seeks familiar comforts
West High School student Mason Barton, 17, was heading home from watching friends compete at a track and field meet on Wednesday when she got word of an explosion in her tiny town of West, outside of Waco, Texas.
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Texas fertilizer plant blast: Rescuers search for survivors
Rescue teams searched the charred rubble of homes in a small Texas city on Thursday for survivors of a fiery explosion at a nearby fertilizer plant that killed as many as 15 people, injured more than 160 and destroyed dozens of buildings.
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Texas blast caught on a cellphone camera
An explosion in a fertilizer plant explosion in a small Texas town killed as many as 15 people and injured more than 160 others. The blast left the factory a smoldering ruin and leveled buildings for blocks in every direction. A witness caught the Texas fertilizer plant blast with his cellphone camera. Erick Perez stopped to record the fire while...
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Up to 15 people killed, over 160 injured in Texas explosion: police
Rescue workers searched rubble that witnesses compared to a warzone early Thursday for survivors of a fertilizer plant explosion in a small Texas town that killed as many as 15 people and injured more than 160 others. The blast left the factory a smoldering ruin and leveled buildings for blocks in every direction.
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Dozens injured in Texas fertilizer plant explosion
A massive explosion at a fertilizer plant near Waco on Wednesday injured dozens of people and killed an unknown number of others, leaving the factory a smoldering ruin and leveling buildings for blocks in every direction.
