2 firefighters in ICU after apartment explosion

DALLAS (CBSFW.COM) – Questions, fears and prayers aft a mysterious detonation astatine a South Dallas flat analyzable earnestly injured 8 radical including 4 Dallas firefighters, Wednesday, Sept. 29.

One gathering astatine the Highland Hills Apartments partially collapsed and volition beryllium demolished.

There were reports of a earthy state leak astatine the clip but Wednesday night, Atmos Energy insisted its strategy was moving properly.

Sources told CBS 11 that 2 of the 3 firefighters are inactive hospitalized successful intensive attraction with important second-degree burns.

They are getting the champion attraction successful Parkland Hospital’s Burn Unit portion the probe continues into what led to the explosion.

All 4 injured civilians were released from the infirmary by Wednesday night.

For the residents of the flat analyzable who weren’t injured, it’s besides been a traumatic time.

Paul Randall grabbed his 2-month-old expansive babe and started moving erstwhile it happened aft 10:00 a.m.

“When I came extracurricular I thought each portion was astir to commencement blowing up truthful that’s wherefore I started moving up the hill,” said Randall.

His household is among 200 displaced from their units who are depending connected the Red Cross for meal and impermanent housing.

“Wee don’t adjacent cognize we’re gonna enactment retired tonight,” helium said. “We don’t adjacent cognize wherever we are going to laic our caput tonight.”

Resident Lekeisha Williams suffered cuts from the blast which she says happened aft Dallas firefighters responded to concerns astir a earthy state odor and tried to interruption into a unit.

“One of the archetypal responders, she went retired determination to the occurrence motortruck to get thing retired of determination I conjecture to unfastened the doorway to spell in,” said Williams. “As soon arsenic she did that to the doorway the flat conscionable blew up.”

Four firefighters were rushed to Parkland Hospital wherever they were initially listed successful captious condition.

But the city’s occurrence main revealed that they are each expected to past on with the others injured.

“There is nary specified happening arsenic a regular telephone and astatine immoderate fixed infinitesimal the wellness and information of our brave men and women tin beryllium placed astatine utmost risk,” said Chief Dominique Artis.

The City of Dallas promised an probe successful a statement.

Atmos vigor is deflecting blasted successful a statement:

This morning, Atmos Energy was called by Dallas Fire-Rescue to the country of an flat analyzable connected Highland Hills Drive successful Dallas. After verifying that state was unopen disconnected to the metre that supplies the flat complex, our highly trained technicians began performing information checks of Atmos Energy’s system. Atmos Energy has verified that our strategy is operating arsenic expected, and we person recovered nary denotation that our strategy was involved.

The metropolis is encouraging radical funny successful helping the affected families to donate to the Red Cross connected the Dallas Foundation’s Disaster Relief Fund.

J.D. Miles