A big explosion at the Valero Plant rocked Texas City and rattled nerves Thursday evening. Aerials showed flames and black smoke coming from the plant after the explosion just before 5 p.m. No shelter ...

As Americans paused in reaction to yesterday’s fertilizer factory explosion in West, Texas, many are remembering the 1947 fertilizer explosion that killed more than 500 people. The explosion was ...

AUSTIN — The deadly explosion in West Wednesday night came within days of the 66th anniversary of an ammonium nitrate fertilizer-bearing freighter explosion in Texas City that caused a chain reaction ...

More than 4 years after the deadly BP Texas City refinery blast killed 15 workers and injured more than 170, OSHA has proposed a record-breaking $87,430,000 in fines against BP Products North America ...

A survey conducted by the United Steelworkers union (USW) has found that the problems that contributed to the March 2005 blast at BP’s Texas City refinery aren’t only limited to that site, but also ...