Houston’s mayor and others say they will work to provide assistance to residents whose homes were damaged after a massive explosion at a warehouse that killed two workers and injured 20 others. Mayor Sylvester Turner on Saturday walked through the impacted neighbourhoods in northwest Houston and spoke with residents who were cleaning up after Friday’s explosion. “These people’s lives have been devastated by the Houston explosion. More than 200 homes in surrounding neighbourhoods were damaged as the force of the blast shattered windows, knocked down ceilings, bent garage doors and moved some homes off their foundations. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN...More than 80 of the volunteers were from Restore Houston, a network of area churches dedicated to assisting families whose homes were damaged from flooding during Hurricane Harvey in 2017.

Source: thestar January 26, 2020 18:45 UTC