Residents told Fort Worth firefighters the blast caused their houses to shake.
By Amy McDaniel Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TNS) Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
Fort Worth firefighters and local police are on the scene of a home that exploded Thursday morning in the 5600 block of Watters Place, in Westworth Village.
MedStar reported one patient with critical injuries. A CareFlite helicopter arrived to transport the burn victim to Parkland Hospital in Dallas.
The call came in to the fire department shortly after 7:30 a.m. Photos from the scene show no fire, but nothing is left of the home except debris.
Westworth Village is a small Tarrant County city on the west side of Fort Worth.
Residents in the area said on social media that they felt the explosion shake their homes.
The cause of the explosion that destroyed the home is under investigation.
White Settlement Police Chief Chris Cook wrote on Twitter that authorities were evacuating people in the immediate area “out of an abundance of caution.” White Settlement police were assisting Westworth Village police and Fort Worth firefighters at the scene. The power was off in the area, and authorities were telling residents they could go to the police station.