Overview
- The two explosions on Preston Hollow Drive on April 21 injured five people, and Brooke Army Medical Center said Monday two remain in critical condition.
- The NTSB is leading a pipeline-safety probe that is collecting perishable evidence with a preliminary factual report due in about 30 days, and investigators asked anyone with videos or accounts to email witness@ntsb.gov.
- CPS Energy kept a Customer Response Unit in the neighborhood, helped more than two dozen residents, arranged debris cleanup and short-term lodging for 14 people, and six households remain displaced.
- The utility began issuing free gas and carbon monoxide detectors this week, with the San Antonio Fire Department installing them and about 30 devices handed out by Tuesday morning.
- Three council members requested a May special session to examine response protocols after questions about evacuation timing and public communication, and a separate contractor-caused gas-line strike Monday night prompted brief evacuations and fresh reminders to call 811 before digging and to report gas odors to 911 or 210-353-HELP.