Texas News West Unveils Memorial Six Years After Fertilizer Plant Explosion Killed 15 By Morgan Kuehler Published April 17, 2019 at 5:41 PM CDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio Gov. Greg Abbott shakes hands with volunteer firefighters at the unveiling of the West fertilizer plant explosion memorial.(Morgan Kuehler/Texas Standard) 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.