brenham explosion

on April 7, 1992 a natural gas explosion rocked Brenham Texas ... from the Internet: "As word of the explosion spread, emergency crews and volunteers from as far away as Houston converged on Wesley, a town about seven miles south of Brenham on FM 109 and County Road 19. What they found seemed to defy belief. Tops of trees had been ripped off and branches lay splintered and scorched on pastures that hours before had been green and spotted with wildflowers. Homes had been moved from their foundations and toppled, their contents strewn for hundreds of feet.

HOUSTON (AP) - Jurors awarded $138 million in punitive damages Wednesday to 22 residents of a rural area near Brenham whose property was ravaged by a gas pipeline explosion in 1992.
The blast killed three people, injured 23 and caused more than $6.5 million in damage. It was heard up to 100 miles away and sent a gigantic ball of fire rolling through the area."

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[Softball27Pitch]

@michaeltovar my mom was in the house and my brother died in this explosion

[michaeltovar]

I remember this. Shook us pretty good at school all the way in Cypress

[happyholly30]

i remember that day. the shock wave shook me out of bed!