Dozens of victims of the West Fertilizer Co. explosion in West, Texas have fallen in line with the city and filed suit against CF Industries, a producer of ammonium nitrate.
Hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate, used to feed crops, were stored at West Fertilizer. The volatile chemical compound exploded April 17 following a fire at the retailer. The force of the blast destroyed more than 100 homes, an apartment complex, two schools and a retirement center. The cause of the fire was never determined.
The city of West filed suit against West Fertilizer and Illinois-based CF Industries in June, claiming the fertilizer manufacturer "knew of the dangers associated with the manufacture and use of ammonium nitrate and failed in their duty to exercise care commensurate with and proportionate to the combined danger of formulating, designing, manufacturing, supplying and/or marketing of ammonium nitrate."
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