House Explosion Near Dallas Kills 2

VAN ALSTYNE, Texas (AP) — Investigators fishy a propane leak caused an detonation that leveled a location and killed its 2 occupants successful a assemblage conscionable northbound of Dallas aboriginal Monday morning.

First responders received the telephone astatine 1:19 a.m. aft radical reported proceeding a large “boom” successful Van Alstyne, Texas. A occurrence broke retired and was extinguished respective hours later.

Grayson County Fire Marshal John Weda said the 2 occupants of the location were wrong erstwhile the blast occurred. Their bodies were recovered among the debris. Their remains were sent to the Dallas Medical Examiner’s Office for autopsies.

The location utilized propane appliances which could person led to the detonation deemed accidental by investigators. “This appears to beryllium a imaginable propane leak occurring wrong the operation resulting successful the explosion,” Weda said successful a statement. The occurrence marshal added that an probe is underway by his bureau and the Texas Railroad Commission.

Van Alstyne is astir 55 miles (89 kilometers) northbound of Dallas.

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