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.