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Top Stories: More Evacuations After Atmos Discovers Gas Smell; Rangers Opening Day

Bill Zeeble
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Atmos Energy investigated gas leaks in northwest Dallas, but did not evacuate residents or shut off gas lines until after the Feb. 23 house explosion on Española Drive, which killed a 12-year-old girl."

The top local stories this morning from ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº:

Crews from Atmos evacuated homes and apartment units in a northwest Dallas neighborhood Wednesday night after responding to a natural gas smell.

This was the same neighborhood where a house explosion killed a 12-year-old girl last month.

Hundreds of nearby homes have been without natural gas for weeks as crews replace thousands of feet of outdated pipes. The 25 homes evacuated last night were not in the outage zone. 

Residents were allowed to Thursday afternoon.

As of Monday, Atmos says 80 percent of the planned outage area have had natural gas service restored.

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You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº 90.1 FM.

Former ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº staffer Krystina Martinez was an assistant producer. She produced local content for Morning Edition and ËÄ»¢Ó°ÔºNews.org. She also produced The Friday Conversation, a weekly series of conversations with North Texas newsmakers. Krystina was also the backup newscaster for the Texas Standard.