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Old 01-24-2020, 04:24 AM
 
Location: Beautiful Northwest Houston
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Somewhere near the 4500 block of n. Gessner a huge explosion happened around 4:30 am. It blew out my front windows destroyed 1 garage door and knocked one of my exterior doors out of its jamb.

If you live near this area let us know whats going on in your area.
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Old 01-24-2020, 05:03 AM
 
Location: Willowbrook, Houston
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That's not far from where I live. I heard the loud boom and hope there were no deaths.
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Old 01-24-2020, 05:16 AM
 
Location: Beautiful Northwest Houston
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That's not far from where I live. I heard the loud boom and hope there were no deaths.
My neighborhood is being evacuated there are EMS and police everywhere
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Old 01-24-2020, 07:02 AM
 
Location: Willowbrook, Houston
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My neighborhood is being evacuated there are EMS and police everywhere
You live over by 290 and Beltway 8, right?
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Old 01-24-2020, 07:13 AM
 
Location: Beautiful Northwest Houston
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You live over by 290 and Beltway 8, right?
Clay @ Gessner.

N Gessner is closed north of Clay Rd Beltway 8 is still open
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Old 01-24-2020, 07:18 AM
 
Location: Wonderland
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https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/24/us/te...ion/index.html

Hope everyone is safe.
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Old 01-24-2020, 07:25 AM
 
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I was already awake - and heard it in Sugar Land. One person unaccounted for... one injured in a home nearby.



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Old 01-24-2020, 07:30 AM
 
Location: Houston
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Hope everyone is ok... sad to hear this...
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Old 01-24-2020, 07:52 AM
 
Location: Houston, TX (Bellaire)
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Woke me up in Bellaire so it must have been hella loud.
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Old 01-24-2020, 08:35 AM
 
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Radio just said two dead. Also this...

Huge explosion rips through Houston neighborhood, causing several injuries

KTRK, the local ABC affiliate, said the blast appeared to have originated at Watson Grinding and Manufacturing, a machining and manufacturing company. The explosion took place on Gessner Road in northwestern Houston, city police wrote on Twitter.

“The owner of Watson Grinding tells us it was a propylene gas explosion, which sent two people to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries,” KTRK reporter Marla Carter wrote on Twitter.

Propylene is a colorless, flammable, liquefied gas that has several industrial uses.

The debris field from the explosion spread about a half mile (1 km) wide, but there were no known toxic gases emitted from the blast, Police Chief Art Acevedo said.
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