Authorities believed there were no other fatalities but another 20 people were injured, two other warehouse workers and 18 others from neighboring homes and businesses, Turner said.
None of the injuries were thought to be life-threatening. Acevedo had said earlier that a family member of one of those killed was a U.
Marine currently training at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and called on the Marines to let the man return to Houston. Local and federal officials will be at the scene for the next three to four days working through the ruins to determine what caused the explosion, Acevedo said. Authorities don't believe the explosion was intentional though a criminal investigation is underway, he said.
Houston Fire Chief Samuel Pena said hazardous materials crews have secured the valve on a 2,gallon 7,liter tank of propylene that had been leaking.
Propylene is a colorless gas used to produce chemicals in plastics, synthetic rubber and gasoline. It is highly flammable and can explode in a fire.
People exposed to propylene can become dizzy and light-headed, and the gas can also cause liver damage. Manny Jawa, a volunteer with the Houston office of the American Red Cross, said his agency had helped about people who came to an evacuation shelter that had been set up around 6 a. Friday at a church near the blast site. The shelter offered residents food and water and information about help they could receive.
Officials said that they planned to open an overnight shelter at a different church for residents who had been displaced from their homes and had nowhere else to go.
Danny Wilson, 63, who lives less than a mile from the site, said he was sleeping when his wife woke him up. Wilson said he first checked inside his home to make sure nobody had broken in and then he went outside and talked to neighbors to find out what was going on and to check for any damage. Nearby homes sustained significant damage. Some were knocked off their foundations. Manny Jawa, a volunteer with the Houston office of the American Red Cross, said his agency had helped about people who came to an evacuation shelter that had been set up around 6 a.
Friday at a church near the blast site. The shelter offered residents food and water and information about help they could receive. Officials said that they planned to open an overnight shelter at a different church for residents who had been displaced from their homes and had nowhere else to go.
Danny Wilson, 63, who lives less than a mile from the site, said he was sleeping when his wife woke him up. Wilson said he first checked inside his home to make sure nobody had broken in and then he went outside and talked to neighbors to find out what was going on and to check for any damage.
He said the blast also broke glass on part of his front windows. Miguel Ramirez, 65, tried to get out of his bedroom to see what had happened, but his bedroom door would not open. Once he got out, Ramirez said he found that a large portion of the ceiling in his living room had collapsed onto the floor and sofa.
Chunks of insulation were on the carpeted living room and on the couch. The wooden beams on the ceiling were exposed. The explosion also shattered the sliding door in his kitchen that leads to his backyard.
Bits of glass were strewn all over the kitchen floor and a dining room table that still had plates from when the family ate Thursday night. The blast also knocked a light fixture from the ceiling in the kitchen. Vanilla ice cream with real Oreo cookies, pieces and crumbs. Thick, black tar fudge in chocolate ice cream with chunks of chocolate asphalt. Strawberry Ice Cream with Strawberry halves. Banana Pudding ice cream swirled with marshmallow creme and vanilla cookies.
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