Firefighters were preparing to evacuate residents when the Oak Cliff apartment building exploded. Dallas Fire-Rescue is defending the response.

A prospective buyer of the 23-unit apartment complex had commissioned the soil tests. Preliminary reports indicated that a natural gas pipeline may have been damaged.

Anne Arundel County officials are investigating an explosion that happened Tuesday afternoon. The man was taken to a hospital by the Maryland State Police rescue helicopter and he is in critical condition.

A Roanoke residential fire and explosion was intentionally set, according to city officials. The suspect who allegedly started the fire, died as a result. According to the city, the fire was reported shortly before 4:00 p.

A special hazmat team from O'Hare Airport was brought in to assist in this emergency.

A gas explosion at a Dallas apartment complex left at least three dead, including a child, and five injured on May 28. See the aftermath.