“Once I got there and heard it was a gas leak, I became not sad … I became furious because the residents have been saying we smell gas for the longest ,” Duncan said. Evans said local, state and federal officials are investigating to determine the cause of the explosion. As of Friday, three firefighters were still in the hospital in critical but stable conditions. All of the residents have since been released from the hospital. Three residents were also taken to the hospital with injuries. All four of them were injured and have been taken to the hospital.” Jason Evans, a DFR spokesperson, said at a press conference near the complex, “Unfortunately, there were four firefighters within proximity of the explosion when it occurred. The rest of the building would later be demolished because it was too unstable. Neighboring apartments that received damage were also evacuated. The blast left part of the two story apartment building collapsed. It was just chaos.”ĭuncan’s mother made it out, but now her whole family, like the rest of the residents at the complex, is without a home. About 300 residents from 200 households were affected. “Now saying she can’t breathe and she’s choking. It just exploded.’” Before Duncan could even respond, “Boom! I hear another explosion in the background,” she said. “She gives me this call, frantic, hollering and screaming saying, ‘The apartment just exploded next to us. But her disabled mother was still at the apartment waiting for her caretaker to arrive. Jennifer Duncan, who lives in the complex, was out working that morning. In the middle of their investigation, the place lit up. The next morning, before the explosion, Dallas Fire-Rescue came to check for a potential gas leak. In Oak Cliff's Highland Hills Apartments, residents had smelled gas the night before a blast rocked the apartment complex and displaced hundreds.

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