The 2013 fertilizer plant blast that killed 15 people and wounded another 226 in West, Texas, should never have occurred, the chairman of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board said Tuesday. Though the board's report says that at least 14 people were killed, the death toll was updated to 15 people in the days after the blast. The board's investigation, released a few days after the first anniversary of the explosion, indicates the incident was preventable, Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso said.
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