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Engineering failures · 17 April 2013Open article references →
The West Fertilizer Company Explosion
West Fertilizer Company explosion site · United States
Why editors use it hereReferenced overview of the fire, detonation, responders, damage, investigations, litigation, and reforms.
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On 17 April 2013, a fire at West Fertilizer Company in West, Texas, heated stored fertilizer-grade ammonium nitrate until it detonated.
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Trigger and conditions
A fire of undetermined cause began in the seed room and spread into the fertilizer building.
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Uncertainty
Ammonium-nitrate detonation and storage conditions are established.
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Why it matters
The explosion was not only a fertilizer chemistry problem.
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