Critical Infrastructure News Archive
Cause of Texas fertilizer plant fire may never be known
May 17--A malfunctioning golf cart, a faulty electrical system or even arson could have led to the fire that triggered the deadly explosion of a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, but federal and state officials said Thursday that their $1-million investigation had yet to find the cause.
Fourteen people died in the April 17 blast, including 12 first responders who arrived nine minutes after the fire was reported -- and just eight minutes before the explosion shook the town, devastated two...
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- Cause of Texas fertilizer plant fire may never be known
News • May 17th, 2013
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- 2 charged in $100K electric wire thefts in North Carolina
News • May 13th, 2013
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- Recommend $2.25B penalty against PG&E for California gas explosion
News • May 9th, 2013
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- Security breach reported at Ohio nuclear power plant
News • May 6th, 2013
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- Jury selection begins for Y-12 protesters
News • May 6th, 2013
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- Copper theft causes $150K in damage to Kan. power substation
News • April 30th, 2013
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- Pa. man charged with stealing copper from nuclear power plant
News • April 30th, 2013
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- NIST to sponsor cybersecurity FFRDC
News • April 25th, 2013
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- Hazards at Texas fertilizer plant were largely unknown to public
News • April 24th, 2013
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- Security, safety violations go undetected at U.S. bioterror labs
News • March 27th, 2013
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- Vial of deadly virus missing at Texas bioterror laboratory
News • March 27th, 2013
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- ADT sued over burglary at Conn. drug warehouse
News • March 21st, 2013
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