Texas agency: Firefighters unprepared for blast

By Associated Press
Published May 16, 2014 4:00am ET
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Texas agency: Firefighters unprepared for blast
Brad Pustejovsky is hugged by his wife Dolores as he answers a reporters question about his brother Joey Pustejovsky, Thursday, in West, Texas. Joey was a volunteer firefighter in West, who was killed one year ago fighting a fire at a fertilizer plant that would later explode. AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) | Tony Gutierrez

WEST, Texas — The firefighters who tried in vain to stop a burning Texas fertilizer plant from exploding weren’t prepared for the dangers of the blaze, which was too big for them to fight, state investigators said in a new report.

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