Nation Unhappy Thanksgiving: Explosions at Texas chemical plant keep more than 50,000 out of their homes November 28, 2019Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAYComments Off on Unhappy Thanksgiving: Explosions at Texas chemical plant keep more than 50,000 out of their homes More than 50,000 people in southeast Texas remain under evacuation orders on Thanksgiving after two powerful explosions at a chemical plant.