Plano home explosion: Perspective from a pipeline safety expert
“This house had to be almost full of natural gas to have exploded like this,” Pipeline safety expert Don Deaver said. Author: Mark Smith, Tanya Eiserer, Jason Trahan Published: 5:51 PM CDT July 20, 2021 Updated: 5:51 PM CDT July 20, 2021
PLANO, Texas Many North Texas residents were shocked to see images of a home in Plano shredded to pieces after a probable natural gas leak Monday afternoon. WFAA talked with a pipeline safety expert to understand what factors could have led up to this.
Plano Fire-Rescue investigators said Tuesday they believed the probable cause of the explosion that leveled the one-story home, injuring six, including three children, was an isolated gas leak within the home.
6 people, including multiple children, hospitalized after Plano home leveled in explosion, officials say
The explosion happened around 4:40 p.m. in the 4400 block of Cleveland Drive in Plano, according to Plano Fire Department officials. Author: Jake Harris Updated: 8:00 PM CDT July 19, 2021
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Six people - including three children - were taken to the hospital and a Plano home was completely leveled with significant damage to neighboring homes Monday after an explosion.
It happened around 4:40 p.m. in the 4400 block of Cleveland Drive, according to Plano Fire Department officials. Fire officials said they shut off natural gas lines in the area. Atmos Energy and Oncor investigators were on the scene, as were members of the city s hazardous devices unit, though officials said that is standard protocol.
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