Natural Gas Explosion Kills 1, Injures 7

CLEBURNE, Texas (AP) _ An emergency management official says a utility worker’s body has been found several hours after a natural gas line exploded in Texas.

Authorities searched for the worker by helicopter Monday afternoon following the massive explosion near Cleburne, about 50 miles southwest of Dallas. They couldn’t walk through the entire area until making sure the fire was out and there was no danger.

Hood County Emergency Management Coordinator Brian Fine says the worker’s body was found Monday night some distance from the blast site. The man’s name was not immediately released.

It is the only death from the explosion. Initially, authorities thought three people had died in the blast, but now say there are no known fatalities. At least seven of the workers went to the hospital.

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