3 hospitalized after gas leak causes Grand Prairie home explosion

3 injured in Grand Prairie home explosion

Three people were injured in an explosion at a home in Grand Prairie Saturday. FOX 4 spoke with a neighbor who helped assist the victims.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - A Grand Prairie neighborhood is left shaken after a home exploded on Saturday.

One neighbor told FOX 4 how he saw the man and his two children in the aftermath of the explosion, and decided to jump into action.

Grand Prairie explosion

Scene photo: Grand Prairie house explosion

What we know:

The Grand Prairie Fire Department says that at about 11:30 a.m., there was an explosion at a home on North Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Preliminary evidence leads them to believe it was caused by a gas leak.

Adolfo Angel Rodriguez Rodriguez lives right next door to the house that exploded. 

After hearing a boom, he went outside to see what was happening and saw the aftermath of the explosion. 

Scene photo: Grand Prairie house explosion

He said the situation was scary, but he and his family went outside to help. He saw his next door neighbors, a father and his two children, on fire.

He immediately called 911 and picked up a hose. He tried to console them, and sprayed other homes to try to stop the fire from spreading as they waited for first responders to arrive. 

The fire department says all three were transported to Parkland Hospital with burn injuries.

What we don't know:

The extent of those injuries has not been revealed. 

Scene photo: Grand Prairie house explosion

What they're saying:

"The dad’s face and body were completely burned, as was his son," said Rodriguez.

Rodriguez helped the family as much as he could, but he knew he had to wait for authorities. 

"They were begging me to cover them in water, but I know that in situations like this you’re not supposed to do that because it could kill them," Rodriguez said. 

Battalion Chief Wendell Grider says the root cause of the incident has not been discovered. 

"Other than just a gas explosion, we don’t know the cause of the leak, but Atmos is making sure that it’s not theirs," Grider said.