Texas News New Details Emerge About The Federal Fallout Of The 2013 Explosion In City Of West, Texas KWBU | By Texas Standard Published February 11, 2021 at 11:11 AM CST Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 7:47 Dominic Anthony Walsh / Texas Public Radio Eight years after the explosion, residents still maintain a fresh wreath of flowers on a white cross, just across the street from the former site of the West Fertilizer Company. Many rule changes made in response to the West explosion have been rolled back by the federal government.