Wednesday, March 4, 2015

NATURAL GAS LEAK IN DISTRIBUTION PIPE WAS THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION THAT DAMAGED DALLAS, TEXAS HOUSE






MARCH 3, 2015

DALLAS, TEXAS (AP)

Officials are blaming a gas line leak for an explosion that leveled half of a house in southeast Dallas.

A 77-year-old female resident and her 39-year-old grandson were able to crawl from the rubble with only minor injuries from the blast shortly before 8 p.m. Monday.

A Dallas Fire-Rescue statement Tuesday says one of the two occupants switched on a light in a bathroom, triggering an explosion that leveled the eastern half of the house. The woman's daughter told investigators she had smelled the odorant used in natural gas the week before while work was being done on a street adjoining the house.

After the blast, Atmos Energy crews found a leak in a gas line in the yard on the eastern side of the house.