Six people hurt in explosion at downtown Houston high-rise, fire officials say

HOUSTON — An explosion inside a hotel under construction in downtown Houston injured six people late Thursday morning, according to the fire department.

The construction workers were rushed to Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center.

“They are going to be things like burns, lacerations, cuts, things along these lines of varying severities,” Houston Fire Department Communications Director Brent Taylor told KHOU 11. He said none of the injuries were believed to be life-threatening…

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