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" The investigation into the explosion of the West Fertilizer Plant in West, Texas appears to have taken something of a turn. Hours after a West paramedic was arrested for possessing a destructive device Friday, the Texas Rangers and McLennan County Sheriff&amp;#039;s office launched a criminal investigation into the fatal fertilizer plant explosion that he responded to last month. But authorities have yet to say whether the arrest of 31-year-old Bryce Reed was related to the April 17 explosion at West Fertilizer Co. that killed 15 people, including 12 men who were responding to the fire. Reed made an initial appearance in federal court in Waco on Friday but did not enter a plea. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Frazier would not release further details about the charge. There&amp;#039;s no question that the people who owned the plant have their own problems with liability \u2014 criminal and otherwise \u2014 but the choice now seems to be whether a) this guy allegedly set something off, or b) that, even as the plant was blowing up, there also allegedly was a paramedic running around a city of 2800 people making bom...er...destructive devices. That&amp;#039;s an awful lot of weird in a very small place. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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