House Explosion Prompts Elementary School Evacuation

DALLAS, TX — An area of Northwest Dallas around the 3500 block of Espanola Drive was evacuated Friday morning after a house explosion caused concerns of a gas leak around 6:30 a.m. The explosion left one person dead and four others injured, various media outlets report.

Dallas fire rescue issued a mandatory evacuation for the area between Fontana Drive, Bolivar Drive, Marsh Lane and Larga Drive.

The evacuation zone also impacted Dallas ISD's Stephen C. Foster Elementary on Clover Lane. DART and DISD buses arrived to transport more than 700 students to a safer location.

Chris Sadeghi of WFAA wrote on Twitter the kindergarteners from Stephen C. Foster will go to Cary Middle School whole the older students will go to Thomas Jefferson High School.

KTVT reports the explosion marks the third such incident in the area in the past two days, and some neighbors suspect natural gas issues are to blame.

One of the other incidents occurred when the flame on a man's stove flared unexpectedly, KXAS reported. The other explosion came from a gas heater in the back of the home.

Atmos Energy officials are working with Dallas Fire-Rescue to learn the cause of the explosion, Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans told KXAS.

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