A gymnasium demolished by a Central Texas fertilizer plant explosion that devastated the surrounding town has been rebuilt.
The Sokol West Gymnasium was a center of the West community until the West Fertilizer Co. plant exploded April 17, 2013. Fifteen people died and much of West, a town populated mostly by descendants of Czech settlers, was leveled.
On Friday the Czech Republic's ambassador to the United States, Petr Gandalovic, joined Gov. Greg Abbott at a ribbon-cutting for the rebuilt gym. The $1.2 million gym, which is one-third larger than the old building, is scheduled to reopen in January.
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