Texas News New Details Emerge About The Federal Fallout Of The 2013 Explosion In City Of West, Texas By Texas Standard Published February 11, 2021 at 11:11 AM CST Twitter LinkedIn Email Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio 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.Dominic Anthony Walsh / Texas Public Radio Many rule changes made in response to the West explosion have been rolled back by the federal government.