west texas explosion

“The scope of damage caused by April’s explosion has devastated this small community, and further inaction by the Obama Administration to deny additional federal aid is simply unacceptable,” said Perry.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has said that the April 17th, 2013 explosion in West, Texas, was not severe enough to get a major disaster declaration. Governor Rick Perry and Texas U.S. Senator John Cornyn weigh in.

On Monday's edition of Lubbock's First News, Bill Curnow of the American Red Cross talked with Tom Collins and Laura Mac about the latest going on with the recovery efforts in West, Texas.

On Monday's edition of Lubbock's First News Teresa Pendergrass and Keely Perkins talked with Tom Collins and Laura Mac about their first-hand accounts of the tragedy in the town of West, Texas.

Sykora, and Sykora Family Ford in West, are helping with the relief efforts in the Central Texas town

On the Thursday edition of The Chad Hasty Show, Nick Ochsner from KAMC 28 talked with Chad Hasty live from West, Texas to discuss how the town is faring after last night's massive explosion.

West, Texas is located 19 miles north of Waco in Central Texas