Overview
- A late-May gas explosion destroyed the two-story, 22-unit Clyde apartment building in Oak Cliff, killing three residents and prompting a five-alarm fire response with more than 100 firefighters.
- Hamilton Wingo filed the first wrongful-death lawsuit for Sylvia Collins’s daughter in Dallas County Court at Law, naming Atmos Energy alongside drilling companies, property owners and managers.
- The Collins filing alleges the blast resulted from a leak in an Atmos gas line and accuses defendants of gross negligence for failing to monitor, warn, and safeguard residents.
- A separate suit by Kherkher Garcia represents an injured resident and alleges Atmos failed to properly monitor conditions and notify tenants about the danger.
- The NTSB and local authorities are still investigating while Atmos has said an unrelated construction crew damaged a pipeline, and the new lawsuits set up multi-party discovery that could reshape liability and local safety oversight.