A 2013 fertilizer plant blast in Texas that killed 15 people and injured 160 was caused by a “criminal act,” federal officials said Wednesday.<br />The findings were revealed in a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigation at the West Fertilizer Co.<br />The explosion flattened the rural farming community of 2,800 people, just north of Waco, turning around 500 homes into rubble as people tried to escape the horrific scene.<br />The force felt was equal to that of a magnitude 2.1 earthquake, and a 93-foot-wide crater scarred the site where dangerous chemicals were stored.<br />ATF is offering a $50,000 reward to help find the person who committed the crime.<br />No arrests have been made, but more than 400 interviews have been conducted through the investigation.
