AP PHOTO/THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS,
MICHAEL AINSWORTH, POOL
PLAYING
WITH FIRE
trate pellets stored on site, and
that in turn may have caused the
pressurized contents of cannisters
of another ammonia substance to
expand and explode outward with
tremendous force. Investigators
have not yet released a determination of the cause.
But one thing had become
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painfully clear: The communitywide notion that an explosion at
the plant was not something to
worry about was proven tragically wrong.
George Smith, an osteopathic
physician who serves as West’s
director of emergency medical services, told The Huffington
Post that what unfolded here last
Wednesday night was never contemplated as his team of volunteer
Texas
Department
of Public
Safety Sgt.
Jason Reyes
walks past
a damaged
apartment
complex.