DALLAS — Two people were killed and two more were injured in a natural gas explosion Monday afternoon in Collin County.
The explosion occurred about 3:30 p.m. Central time near State Highway 78 and FM2756 in Farmersville, about 15 miles east of McKinney.
The Collin County Sheriff’s Office said the scene of the explosion was safe but asked that people avoid the area.
Atmos Energy subcontractors, employees of Bobcat Construction and Fesco Petroleum Engineers, had been performing maintenance on a pipeline, KXAS-TV reported. Details about the condition of the two injured people, whose names were not provided, were not available.
No further information about what led to the blast was released.
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