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.

LANCASTER TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WHTM) — One person was injured after a gas explosion in a Lancaster County duplex home Saturday evening. The Lancaster Township Fire Department reported on Facebook that volunteers responded to a reported dwelling fire at Chadwick Circle at around 6:35 p.

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.

Crews were called to the 1600 block of Chadwick Circle after a gas leak caused an explosion. One resident of the home sustained burn injuries.

A gas line was reportedly struck near an Oak Cliff apartment and may have leaked into the building, causing an explosion.