On Tuesday 23, 2013 the Austin Statement published an article titled “Blast damage in West more extensive than anticipated.” This article shows us about the terrible explosion that happen in a fertilizer plant in West, Texas on Wednesday 17. This is a sad notice because the massive explosion damages many houses, apartment complex and mobile homes. More than 200 people were injured and 14 were reported death. The funeral services for some residents will start the next week, few have their families living in Mexico and they have to get special visas to assist to the funeral of their loved ones. The state is making an investigation to see what is the damaged reported in dollars. Also the state authorities restricted access to the devastating area.
Few residents and some insurance companies are accusing the owner and employees of the plant for negligence with the equipment and they plan to sue the owner of the fertilizer plant.
Some critics says that the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, is the agency responsible for investigating industrial accidents involving chemicals, but the board officers are saying that the small annual budget makes meaningful investigations almost impossible.
Now
the eyes of Texans are over Governor Rick Perry, if he can have a solution to avoid
future disasters of this magnitude, especially government over-sight when it
comes to safety regulations for this kind of business.
It could
be accident or negligence but we know that many people are suffering consequences;
in this situation we have to show compassion and solidarity with the people
from West, Texas and give them our support and prayers.
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