Texas News West Unveils Memorial Six Years After Fertilizer Plant Explosion Killed 15 KWBU | By Morgan Kuehler Published April 17, 2019 at 5:41 PM CDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 5:19 (Morgan Kuehler/Texas Standard) Gov. Greg Abbott shakes hands with volunteer firefighters at the unveiling of the West fertilizer plant explosion memorial. The memorial is about 100 yards away from where the fertilizer plant once stood, and has a reflecting pool surrounded by 15 plaques – one for each person who died.