April 19, 2013 West, Texas USA: Texas Department of Public Safety officials stand in front of a DPS trailer dispatched to West after a fertilizer plant exploded, killing 15, damaging hundreds of homes, schools and businesses, and destroying more than 100 homes and a nursing home. DPS helped to coordinate communications among a variety of emergency responders working at the scene. ©Marjorie Kamys Cotera/Daemmrich Photography

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Location: West, Texas USA
Photo credit: © Bob Daemmrich / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: center, command, communications, coordinator, disaster, emergency, explossion, fertilizer, iwi, plant, relief, response, small, team, town, tragedy