Gas leak forces evacuation of large Dallas apartment building
The complex has more than 300 units.
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The complex has more than 300 units.
Dallas Fire-Rescue said a company working near the building hit what is believed to be a six-inch gas line.
According to the City of Denton Fire Department, at about noon, a gas leak was found outside the Barnes & Noble entrance at the Golden Triangle Mall.
Before striking a pipeline, causing a natural gas leak and subsequent explosion, an engineering firm did follow proper protocol to begin work at a Dallas apartment building.
An investigation led by the National Transportation Safety Board is still underway to answer questions about what went wrong.
DFR said at about 12:47 p.m. Thursday, crews responded to a gas leak call at a complex in the 400 block of East 9th Street.
The nonprofit is currently helping 23 families, and Mission Oak Cliff will be holding a donation drive from 9 a.m. to noon on Friday.
According to the city, a little after 1:20 p.m., the line was struck at the intersection of Hundley Drive and Lakeview Drive.
Just before 4 p.m., Dallas Fire-Rescue said the gas has been shut off, and all but one building has been reopened and reoccupied.
First responders and utility workers are working to repair the gas leak in a Lewisville shopping center.
An 8-inch gas main ruptured in front of Lowe's Home Improvement Wednesday morning.
The city of Bedford confirmed that a contractor hit a 4-inch gas line Thursday morning.
The incident caused several victims to sue Atmos Energy and the hotel's owner Northland Developments.
Fort Worth fire says that people were self-evacuating when they responded to the report of a gas leak blocks away from the Sandman Hotel.
The fire department confirmed that this leak was very close to a leak that happened earlier this week.
While Monday's explosion at a downtown Fort Worth hotel is still under investigation, fire officials said it was likely caused by a gas leak.
The leak happened in the area of South Pipeline Road and South Main Street.
Plano police have called off an evacuation for people near the 1600-1700 block of Scottsdale and Coppercreek following a gas leak there.
The City of Plano is less concerned about gasoline in its sanitary sewer system as the concentration of fumes has started to drop, officials stated Friday evening.
Several staff members and students at the school were taken to the hospital after a gas leak near the school.
Atmos Energy customers across North Texas reported smelling gas, but the company said there's nothing to worry about.
