today we learned that the first two of what is expected to be many lawsuits pertaining to the west, texas explosion, the first suit was filed on behalf of four insurance carriers insuring 17 west businesses and property owners who sustained damage. the second lawsuit comes from andrea gutierrez who is the first west resident to file a civil lawsuit against the owners of the west fertilizer company. as reported on her website her lawyer told us they decided to go ahead and file the suit because it has been almost a week since the explosion and the company has yet to acknowledge any responsibility. joining me from west, texas is crystal anthony. she lives in west, is an elected official on the school board. her home was in the blast. joining me at the table my two guests. i want to begin with you, can you tell me what happened on the night of the explosion? well, actually my daughter was outside playing basketball and she seen smoke and ran in the house and she said, mom, something is
many lawsuits pertaining to the west, texas explosion, the first suit was filed on behalf of four insurance carriers insuring 17 west businesses and property owners who sustained damage. the second lawsuit comes from andrea gutierrez who is the first west resident to file a civil lawsuit against the owners of the west fertilizer company. as reported on her website her lawyer told us they decided to go ahead and file the suit because it has been almost a week since the explosion and the company has yet to acknowledge any responsibility. joining me from west, texas is crystal anthony. she lives in west, is an elected official on the school board. her home was in the blast. joining me at the table my two guests. i want to begin with you, can you tell me what happened on the night of the explosion? well, actually my daughter
insurance carriers insuring 17 west businesses and property owners who sustained damage. the second lawsuit comes from andrea gutierrez who is the first west resident to file a civil lawsuit against the owners of the west fertilizer company. as reported on her website her lawyer told us they decided to go ahead and file the suit because it has been almost a week since the explosion and the company has yet to acknowledge any responsibility. joining me from west, texas is crystal anthony. she lives in west, is an elected official on the school board. her home was in the blast. joining me at the table my two guests. i want to begin with you, can you tell me what happened on the night of the explosion? well, actually my daughter was outside playing basketball and she seen smoke and ran in the house and she said, mom, something is on fire so we ran out and i thought it was the
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symptoms can include difficulty breathing, irritation of eyes, nose and throat and can high amounts of an high dross ammonia can also cause death. crystal anthony lives very close to that fertilizer plant. she told piers morgan she was just 100 yards away when all hell broke loose. just devastating. and it s bad. i can t even put it into words. i ve never seen anything like that in person before. have you any idea how many homes may have been either totaled or damaged badly? no, sir. i mean, it s a residential area. it s homes, apartment complexes, the nursing home, our schools. the intermediate, middle school,