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Judge Refuses to again Postpone West, TX Explosion Trial

A judge refused to postpone the first trial related to a deadly fertilizer plant explosion in West that happened more than two years ago.

State Judge Jim Meyer on Friday declined a defense request to postpone the Oct. 12 trial involving relatives of three men killed in the blast, The Waco Tribune-Herald reported. More than 200 plaintiffs have sued over the April 2013 blast that killed 15, injured hundreds, leveled parts of buildings, and left a crater 90 feet wide and ten feet deep in West.

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