Izigidi zabantu baseMelika zilwela ukusinda, ngaphandle kokukwazi ukuhlala zifudumele ngenxa yamaqhwa amakhulu futhi kucisha ugesi kosuku lwesibili kulandelana.
Owesifazane nengane babulawa ubuthi be-carbon monoxide eHouston. Umama onendodakazi eneminyaka engu-8 ubudala kwathiwa ushonile ngemuva kokuthi amaphoyisa ebathole ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa kwesimo sempilo endlini eLa Roche Street. Ngemuva kokucisha ugesi, umndeni wabeka imoto egalaji ukufudumala, kusho ummeleli oMnyango wamaphoyisa aseHouston uLieutenant Larry Crowen. Indoda nomfana oneminyaka engu-7 ubudala bahanjiswa esibhedlela esimweni esibucayi.
Bangaphezu kwama-300 amacala e-carbon monoxide usterity eHarris County asevele ebhalisiwe, futhi inani labo kulindeleke.
Amakhulu abahlali abekwe ekwelashweni ezibhedlela.
Omunye umuntu wesifazane nabanye abazukulu bakhe abathathu bafa ngenxa yomlilo endlini. Isizathu somlilo asisungulwanga, kepha iziphathimandla ezinkundleni zokuxhumana zathi lo mndeni wawusetshenziselwa ukufudumala ngemuva kokuhamba kukagesi endaweni yakubo.
Abantu ababili abangenamakhaya bafa bevela endaweni ephezulu. Owesilisa nowesifazane, oneminyaka engama-70 ubudala, bafa ngenxa yomlilo edolobheni.
Abantu ababili bashonile engozini yemoto emigwaqweni embozwe iqhwa. Ngokusho kukaSheriff County Harris, enye yezisulu, uCarol Williams, alahlekelwe ukulawula imoto yakhe futhi abize abaphathi. Waphuma emotweni yakhe, lapho omunye umshayeli engakwazi ukuyeka, alimaze imoto yakhe washaya uWilliams. Owesifazane waphonswa emgqeni osempumalanga yomgwaqo. Lapho-ke umshayeli weBlack Sedan ongaziwa wamgxongqoza. Wafa lapho.
Kunethuba lokuthi ukufa kungaphezulu kakhulu futhi inani lazo lizokwanda, kusho umahluleli wesifunda, iGalveston Mark Henry.
NgoLwesithathu, cishe abathengi abayizigidi eziyi-3.4 basaqhubeka ngaphandle kukagesi eTexas, eLouisiana naseMississippi. UMengameli we-Camela Harris Vice uthe ngesiteshi se-TV ye-NBC, ukuthi yena noJoe Babiden benza "zonke izindlela okungenzeka, ukusayina ama-oda aphuthumayo ukuthola usizo lwe-Federal ukusekela" izisulu zomcabango wesimo sezulu.