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In this April 15, 2014 photo is a fence surrounding the barren site of the West, Texas, Fertilizer Company that was destroyed by an explosion one year earlier. On April 18, 2013, a fire at the plant caused a blast that caved in walls at nearby schools and homes, and sent debris flying for miles. (AP Photo/Waco Tribune Herald, Rod Aydelotte)

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In this April 9, 2014 photo is a wooden cross near the site of the former West, Texas, Fertilizer Company that was destroyed by an explosion one year earlier. On April 18, 2013, a fire at the plant caused a blast that caved in walls at nearby schools and homes, and sent debris flying for miles. (AP Photo/Waco Tribune Herald, Rod Aydelotte)

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In this April 15, 2014 aerial photograph is a property that was damaged by the West, Texas, Fertilizer Company explosion one year earlier. On April 18, 2013, a fire at the plant triggered an ammonium nitrate explosion that killed 15 people and injured hundreds. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, G.J. McCarthy)

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In this April 15, 2014 aerial photograph is an overall view of the area affected by the West, Texas, Fertilizer Company explosion one year earlier. On April 18, 2013, a fire at the plant triggered an ammonium nitrate explosion that killed 15 people and injured hundreds. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, G.J. McCarthy)

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In this April 15, 2014 aerial photograph are properties under construction in an area damaged by the West, Texas, Fertilizer Company explosion one year earlier. On April 18, 2013, a fire at the plant triggered an ammonium nitrate explosion that killed 15 people and injured hundreds. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, G.J. McCarthy)

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In this April 15, 2014 photo letters of hope are attached to a tree at the site of the old West Rest Haven nursing home that was destroyed in the West, Texas, Fertilizer Company a year earlier. On April 18, 2013, a fire at the plant caused a blast that caved in walls at nearby schools and homes, and sent debris flying for miles. (AP Photo/Waco Tribune Herald, Rod Aydelotte)