Jan. 20, 2023 The explosion is believed to have resulted from compressed natural gas tanks inside the vehicles, Dallas Fire-Rescue said.
By Hojun Choi Source The Dallas Morning News (TNS) Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
Multiple vehicle fires and explosions were reported Thursday afternoon at a “commercial facility” in northwest Dallas, fire officials said.
Around 3:30 p.m., Dallas Fire-Rescue crews responded to multiple 911 calls related to a vehicle fire at a property at the intersection of Manana Drive and North Walton Walker Boulevard, officials said. Multiple people reported that they had seen what looked like a 18-wheeler on fire, and also said the vehicle was in a lot with multiple other buses and semi-trucks.
No one was injured in the fire, Dallas Fire-Rescue said.
Emergency crews also got reports of an explosion in the area, Dallas Fire-Rescue said in a news release.
The blaze had spread to other vehicles in the lot when firefighters arrived at the location, according to Dallas Fire-Rescue.
The explosion is believed to have resulted from Compressed Natural Gas tanks inside the vehicles, Dallas Fire-Rescue said.
Fire crews were still at the scene extinguishing “hot spots” and monitoring the area as of Thursday evening.
“To ensure that enough equipment and personnel were available to mitigate the situation, a one-alarm fire response was immediately dispatched to the location,” said Jason Evans, a Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman. “While some teams focused their suppression efforts directly on the vehicles involved, others were tasked with spraying water onto the nearby vehicles to keep their CNG tanks cool and protected from exposure.”
The cause of the fire is still being investigated, and no information was available related to how many vehicles were burned.