{"id":3973,"date":"2026-05-28T22:39:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/2026\/05\/28\/dallas-rescuers-search-for-victims-after-gas-explosion-destroys-building-and-ignites-blaze\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T22:39:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:39:53","slug":"dallas-rescuers-search-for-victims-after-gas-explosion-destroys-building-and-ignites-blaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=3973","title":{"rendered":"Dallas rescuers search for victims after gas explosion destroys building and ignites blaze"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border-color:var(--article-border);background-color:var(--article-inner-background)\" class=\"dcr-wqti5a\">\n<div class=\"dcr-2zxs1v\">\n<div style=\"--grid-area:media\" data-gu-name=\"media\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-tr9ye5\">\n<figure id=\"b662f528-95ba-4554-bd5b-a2d173c1acab\" class=\"dcr-142siv7\">\n<div id=\"img-1\" class=\"dcr-1t8m8f2\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Flames and thick smoke engulf buildings with visible fire consuming roofs in an urban area\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/97f769fd1a30ff64c728d0542c31ccc47374c97a\/0_0_3000_2000\/master\/3000.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"310\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"dcr-evn1e9\"><span class=\"dcr-v822l1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-gup2gr\">\n<div class=\"dcr-fntg6k\"><label for=\"the-checkbox\" class=\"dcr-1xgwz8b\"><\/label> <\/p>\n<div id=\"the-caption\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1os51wo\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Firefighters battle a large fire at the apartment complex in Dallas on Thursday.<\/span> Photograph: KDFW FOX 4\/AP<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"#img-1\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-13fd1ms\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"b662f528-95ba-4554-bd5b-a2d173c1acab\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-4tmywn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-194i6pr\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-n4pnam\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1hdkqum\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Firefighters battle a large fire at the apartment complex in Dallas on Thursday.<\/span> Photograph: KDFW FOX 4\/AP<\/figcaption><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:border\" data-gu-name=\"border\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:headline\" data-gu-name=\"headline\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1aqe7zu\">\n<h1 class=\"dcr-1k1a1x\">Dallas rescuers search for victims after gas explosion destroys building and ignites blaze<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:standfirst\" data-gu-name=\"standfirst\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-15in7js\">\n<p>Four people taken to hospital but mayor said search continues for other survivors or fatalities<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\" data-link-name=\"in standfirst link\">Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:body\" data-gu-name=\"body\" class=\"dcr-kn9unn\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1a4fred\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-ydnaza\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-1c9t5u6\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Nearly 100 firefighters battled a large fire that erupted on Thursday at an apartment complex in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/dallas\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Dallas<\/a>, where debris from one collapsed building lay heaped on the ground while flames and black smoke billowed into the sky.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">News video showed dozens of firefighters at the scene. Some had hoses trained on piles of smoking debris while others lifted and moved lumber and other burned wreckage as if searching for people underneath. Two firefighters with hoses towered above the blaze on long ladders, while another sprayed water from the window of an upper floor of a neighboring building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A natural gas explosion initially caused the fire, the Dallas fire rescue assistant chief, James Russ, said at a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DallasPD\/status\/2060093010520457308\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">televised press conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cThe fire is contained, but our members are still working on the scene to do primary searches,\u201d Russ said. \u201cWe put a drone in the air to canvass the area to see if we see any victims or anything around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Four people had been taken to the hospital with injuries, Russ said, though he did not know what condition they were in. It was \u201cunknown how many possible fatalities we have\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"ea67113f-b24c-402b-8e5d-bc57e6d3d122\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-173mewl\">\n<div id=\"img-2\" class=\"dcr-1t8m8f2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Emergency vehicles fill a street\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b58a6f58b869e7dfd0ea40e8e5e7aba4726ff251\/0_0_9504_6336\/master\/9504.jpg?width=445&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"445\" height=\"296.66666666666663\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"dcr-evn1e9\"><a href=\"#img-2\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-13fd1ms\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"ea67113f-b24c-402b-8e5d-bc57e6d3d122\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-4tmywn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-194i6pr\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-fd61eq\"><span class=\"dcr-1inf02i\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Police and firefighting crews respond to the scene of a large fire at an apartment complex in Dallas on Thursday.<\/span> Photograph: Gabriela Passos\/AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A nearby street was lined with firetrucks, ambulances and police vehicles with their lights flashing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Julie Jensen said she was at home less than a block from the building when she heard a noise like an explosion that left her ears ringing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cI was sitting on my couch watching TV \u2013 stuff flew off our walls,\u201d Jensen said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Jensen said she saw rising smoke and neighbors running when she looked out the window. She grabbed her family\u2019s cat and left, finding a nearby parking lot to wait until she knew it was safe to return.<\/p>\n<figure data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.NewsletterSignupBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-173mewl\">\n<div data-name=\"placeholder\" class=\"dcr-ri3hap\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cI am closely monitoring the latest developments regarding the explosion in Oak Cliff,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Johnson4Dallas\/status\/2060082031464169509\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Dallas\u2019s mayor, Eric Johnson, tweeted<\/a>. \u201cMy prayers are with those injured, their families, and all those who have suffered loss from this tragic event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A spokesperson for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/dallas\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Dallas<\/a> fire rescue did not immediately return phone and email messages seeking comment. 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