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ATF – ‘Arsonist set fire causing blast at West’

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West – The ATF told the world today that an arsonist caused the April 17 blast that killed 15 and destroyed dozens of homes in 2013.

It’s something people seemed to know all along. A mass murderer caused the death and devastation at the agribusiness location in this farming community.

DPS troopers guarding the site of the devastation at the West Fertilizer Company and the surrounding residential neighborhood told newsmen when they turned them away that “They (ATF) are treating this as a crime scene.” 

Within a week, an insurance adjuster told The Legendary she had uncovered evidence that the ignition point of an electrical fire in the area where the blaze that caused the explosion was extinguished earlier in the day. The problem involved a golf cart that was recharging, and after an electrician isolated the cause, someone again plugged the charger in. She said her efforts to investigate were frustrated and eventually stymied by ATF investigators. 

A former paramedic and fire fighter named Bryce Reed entered a guilty plea to building a destructive device with explosives. He is cleared in the investigation following 21 months in federal custody, according to an ATF official.

No suspects are named in the case.

In a history of break-ins and intrusions dating back 25 years or more, dozens of cases are left open, most of them involving theft of anhydrous ammonia fertilizer, a component of methamphetamine cooking desired by speed “cooks.”

According to a search of crime reports by patrol officers of the McLennan County Sheriff’s Office, there was no fence, no burglar alarms, video surveillance, or fire alarms and prevention equipment at the company. The lack of security arrangements presented a significant crime hazard for the owners of Adair Seed Company and West Fertilizer. 

In an earlier determination of the unknown cause of the fire that led to the blast, ATF concluded that any of these factors could lead to the solution of what happened.

After months of investigation in 2013, officials of the ATF Violent Crimes Bureau at a press conference concluded that the origin of the fire was unknown and could be attributed to a number of factors.

 

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