Sparse but chilling details show the firm overseeing a soil analysis at the site of a deadly Oak Cliff apartment explosion reported a drilling company damaged a gas line near the building.

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.

Before striking a pipeline, causing a natural gas leak and subsequent explosion, an engineering firm did follow proper protocol to begin work at a Dallas apartment building.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Firefighters are in recovery efforts after battling a large fire at an apartment building in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas.

Firefighters are in recovery efforts after battling a large fire at an apartment building in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas. Dallas Fire-Rescue confirmed there were at least three fatalities, ...