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Updates on Houston, Texas explosion. [View all]
2 victims killed in massive explosion in northwest Houston identified; hundreds of homes damagedThe blast knocked some homes off their foundations and jolted people awake as far away as Nassau Bay and La Porte.
Author: Doug Delony, KHOU 11 Staff
Published: 4:39 AM CST January 24, 2020
Read more here (with video): https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/breaking-large-blast-rattling-windows-felt-across-houston-area/285-dfb38cd1-484e-48f3-b87c-6bac0b7f2a25
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Two people were killed early Friday in a massive explosion at an industrial site in northwest Houston.
Authorities identified the victims as Frank Flores and Gerardo Castorena. The two were apparently employees of the business and had shown up early to use the gym on the site.
A nearby resident was also taken to the hospital with unknown injuries and 18 people self-reported to emergency rooms with minor injuries, such as cuts and breathing issues, associated with the blast.
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Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner got his first look at the damage caused by the major explosion on Friday evening that leveled the facility. He toured some of the more than 200 homes damaged by the blast, many of them left unlivable.
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Mayor Turner said the facility had been here since 1972 and many of the communities were built around it. “It would be irresponsible on our part not to evaluate and assess what has taken place here today and to do everything that we can to mitigate the risk of future explosions of this kind to the extent we can,” Mayor Turner said.
The city said all things have to be considered moving forward in a changing city to protect residents. The investigation of the debris field is expected to take several days.
Meanwhile, State leaders are reaching out to FEMA Looking at the possibility of getting federal help.
Authorities identified the victims as Frank Flores and Gerardo Castorena. The two were apparently employees of the business and had shown up early to use the gym on the site.
A nearby resident was also taken to the hospital with unknown injuries and 18 people self-reported to emergency rooms with minor injuries, such as cuts and breathing issues, associated with the blast.
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Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner got his first look at the damage caused by the major explosion on Friday evening that leveled the facility. He toured some of the more than 200 homes damaged by the blast, many of them left unlivable.
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Mayor Turner said the facility had been here since 1972 and many of the communities were built around it. “It would be irresponsible on our part not to evaluate and assess what has taken place here today and to do everything that we can to mitigate the risk of future explosions of this kind to the extent we can,” Mayor Turner said.
The city said all things have to be considered moving forward in a changing city to protect residents. The investigation of the debris field is expected to take several days.
Meanwhile, State leaders are reaching out to FEMA Looking at the possibility of getting federal help.
Will Texas ever learn? This brings back memories of many other events where poorly regulated chemical plants in towns with few zoning controls blew up and killed many people such as the West Fertilizer Company explosion in 2013.
KY..........
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