Friday, May 10, 2013

CSB Releases New Video Footage of Community Damage from Explosion in West, Texas


The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released video footage showing the devastation following last month’s ammonium nitrate fertilizer explosion in West, Texas. The three-minute, narrated by CBS investigators on site, attempts to capture the extent of structural damage to schools, residences and other nearby facilities in the April 17 explosion that killed 14 and injuries hundreds more. The video is available on the CSB's Facebook page for the West accident investigation.