Unknown number of people killed in gas explosion, fire at Dallas apartment building
Source: NBC
A natural gas explosion destroyed a residential building in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas on Thursday afternoon, killing at least one person and injuring four others, Dallas-Fire Rescue confirms. Sources tell NBCDFW that 23 people lived in the building, and officials said 12 residents have been accounted for.
Officials with Dallas Fire-Rescue confirmed Thursday afternoon that there were fatalities, but that firefighters are working through the recovery phase, and the exact number of people killed in the fire is unknown. Officials said firefighters were searching the debris by hand and with drones.
Atmos Energy later confirmed to NBCDFW that the fire department informed them at 12:51 p.m. that a construction crew had damaged a natural gas pipeline near the building. Atmos said they were not a part of that work and that technicians were dispatched to assist Dallas Fire-Rescue and other emergency management personnel at the scene and that natural gas service in the immediate area is turned off. Atmos said an investigation is ongoing and that crews remain at the site to provide support.
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What's up with all of the explosions, near misses, airplane issues, etc during the last few months? Are they related in some way? Deregulation?
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Just like it seems the number of mass shootings is waning. Or maybe they don't make headlines anymore.
What's up? I think people are worried about the country and their situation like never before. Maybe some workers responsible for safety are distracted. But truly, I dunno. 
People drive while doomscrolling. Probably doing it on the job too.
Our jobs, our expertise yielding to AI, our spending power dissolving through inflation. Nothing is safe. Those in power could steal everything you own if they wanted to (and inflation is a hidden tax), the courts are not as strong as they once were. This is total societal breakdown. Products are disappearing from shelves. I hear the chatter standing in checkout lines. No one knows what to do.
So workers are not paying attention, or they are new workers. Many deported, replaced.
I do wonder though if wire services just get juiced by a subject and create a trend that's been going on all along.
