McLennan County Disaster Preparedness Drills Didn’t Include West Fertilizer Company Plant
WEST (CBS 11 NEWS) - For the first time since the deadly explosion at the West Fertilizer plant, McLennan County’s emergency management coordinator, Frank Patterson, said the county knew the plant stored 270 tons of potentially explosive ammonium nitrate.
He believes the city of West knew as well.
Patterson says, “Based on verbal conversations I had with both West Fertilizer and West Fire officials in recent years, it was my understanding they had conferred on the hazard of the plant and planned their responses accordingly.”
Patterson says each year, the county conducts three training exercises to prepare for disasters.
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