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https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Massive-explosion-rocks-west-Houston-Friday-15000793.php
Massive west Houston explosion claims two lives, devastates Gessner-area neighborhoods
The explosion that ripped across Houston at 4:24 a.m. Friday killed two workers at Watson Grinding and Manufacturing before radiating outward and smashing into nearby homes and businesses. It knocked houses off foundations, blew doors off frames, shattered windows, cracked sheetrock and jerked residents awake as far as 14 miles away.
Firefighters and police officers who arrived at the Spring Branch-area neighborhood found debris scattered across an area more than half a mile wide and a community reeling.
Authorities were still investigating the cause of the blast. Police Chief Art Acevedo said neither terrorism nor arson is suspected at the family-owned machining company, which makes and services parts for everything from the oil and gas to aerospace industries.
Late Friday police identified the two victims of the explosion as Frank Flores and Gerado Carasquillo.
The explosion damaged some 200 homes and businesses. Police blocked off nearby streets, bordering a mile-long “hot zone” on Genard and Clay roads to the north and south and Gessner Road and Steffani Lane to the east and west.
“This is a very powerful blast,” Acevedo said, at one of several news conferences authorities held throughout the day.