Texas City explosions killed at least 576 people and destroyed at least 1,000 buildings. FOX 26's Jade Flury spoke to a survivor at the city's ceremony on Saturday.

French cargo ship in Galveston Bay exploded, killing nearly 600. It spawned first big class-action lawsuit against U.S. government.

Besides the eerie timing, Wednesday's plant fire and explosion and the Texas City disaster had the same cause in common: chemical fertilizer. In 1947, the French vessel the SS Grandcamp was ...

This editorial was originally published in The Galveston Daily News on April 19, 1947. It’s reprinted here to mark the 78th ...

Then the line went dead. For us, that's how the Texas City disaster began. There was no freeway then. At Dickinson, the sky was black with smoke from blazing tanks of crude oil, gasoline ...

Read full article: Community holds ceremony to commemorate 75th anniversary of 1947 Texas City Disaster The Texas City community will hold a ceremony to commemorate 75 years since the 1947 Texas ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. On Wednesday, April 16, 1947, one of the deadliest disasters in United ...

And governments around the country saw the need for coordinated emergency response and disaster relief. In many ways, people are probably safer today because of the explosions in Texas City ...

The event starts at the pavilion, 416 6th St. N., with a group photo of 1947 disaster survivors, followed by an 11 a.m. memorial ceremony.

The 1947 Texas City explosions killed at least 576 people and destroyed at least 1,000 buildings. FOX 26's Jade Flury spoke to a survivor at the city's ceremony on Saturday.