Dallas Fire-Rescue, gas explosion
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Three people, including a child, were killed in an explosion at The Clyde apartments in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas on Thursday, May 28. At least five other people were injured in the blast and subsequent fire.
A prospective buyer of the 23-unit apartment complex had commissioned the soil tests. Preliminary reports indicated that a natural gas pipeline may have been damaged.
When the suburban home near Hayward exploded in a fiery blast after a PG&E gas leak in December, resident Jesus Duenas “fell into the basement of the house and saw a red-hot pipe explode,” according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday claiming PG&E falsely claimed to federal investigators that before the explosion it tried to warn neighborhood residents of the leak.