Explosion that destroyed North Texas home and injured six people including three children may have been intentional, cops say
The Plano Fire Department responded to calls at 4.40pm Monday when a home at 4429 Cleveland Drive was completely leveled by an explosion
Previously, fire officials had said the explosion on Monday was likely caused by a gas leak in the Plano home - about 22 miles north of Dallas
After further investigation, it was determined the explosion may have been intentional, Plano Police and Plano Fire-Rescue said
A resident of the house and five neighbors were sent to the hospital
The Dallas Morning News via AP Plano emergency personnel work the scene after a home exploded at about 4:45 p.m. Monday in the 4400 block of Cleveland Drive in Plano.
Six people were injured when a house in the Dallas suburb of Plano was destroyed in an explosion Monday that also left the two homes on either side of it with major damage, authorities said.
Plano Fire-Rescue said Tuesday that the probable cause of the explosion at about 4:40 p.m. Monday was an isolated gas leak. Fire officials said that of the six people hospitalized, one was extricated from the rubble of the home that exploded and the other five were in a home next door.
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