Explosion Destroys Home In Southeast Dallas
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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Some type of explosion has destroyed a home in southeast Dallas.
There is reportedly major structural damage at the house in the 9400 block of Eloise Street, near Memory Lane.
Dallas Fire Rescue is on the scene. Natural gas provider Atmos Energy has been notified.
A 76-year-old woman and her grandson living in the home made it out safely. Charlie Salazar said he and other neighbors helped pull the grandmother from a window of the home. The woman's grandson reportedly walked out from the collapsed part of home.
"We started hollering out for her. And she was saying, 'I'm in here! I'm in here!' So at that window, we went over there and looked and got some flashlights," Salazar recalled. "She was in there, looked like she was gathering up some stuff. We was telling her to get out 'cause it might explode again."
The two occupants had no obvious injuries, but were taken to a local hospital as a precaution.
Officials with DFR said a call came in just before 8 p.m. reporting that a house had "just exploded."
Neighbors a block away said they heard a loud boom, felt their houses shake, and walked outside to see the home nearly imploded on itself.
Debris from the home was strewn up and down the street.
Fire investigators are still trying to determine what caused the explosion.
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