The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. January 27, 2020 Blast at Houston Plant Kills 2 ------------------------------ In Texas, an explosion at an industrial plant early Friday morning killed two people and damaged over 200 homes northwest of Houston. Authorities are investigating the cause of the blast at the Watson Grinding and Manufacturing plant. Two employees of the company were killed in the explosion, which was so powerful it shattered windows in homes up to a half-mile away. .