WEST — Rescue workers searched the smoldering ruins of a fertilizer plant Thursday for survivors of a monstrous explosion that leveled homes and businesses in every direction across the Texas prairie.

The focus of lawsuits stemming from the April 17 explosion at the West, Texas, fertilizer plant may change, after news that Adair Grain Inc., doing business as West Fertilizer Co., holds only a $1 ...

In West, Texas, what began as a routine fire call, quickly escalated into one of the most devastating industrial explosions in recent U.S. history. The West Fertilizer Company stored large amounts of ...