Fertiliser plant owner sued
The owner of a fertiliser plant that exploded last week killing 14 people and destroying dozens of homes and an apartment complex in a tiny Texas town is being sued by a single mom and by several insurance companies.
Search and rescue operation continues in Texas
Fourteen people are now confirmed dead and five firefighters are missing following the explosion at the fertiliser factory in the town of West near Waco in Texas.
Rescue teams are still searching for survivors in the dozens of buildings destroyed in the blast, Daybreak's Lucy Watson reports.
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Rescuers search for survivors after Texas blast
A major rescue effort is ongoing in a Texas town devastated by a fertiliser plant explosion that has been likened to a nuclear bomb blast.
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In Pictures: Town decimated by fertiliser plant blast
A huge explosion at a fertiliser plant in the Texan town of West has injured more than 160 people and caused widespread destruction.