Cause Found for Dallas Explosion

The explosions at a natural gas company sent columns of fire high into the air near downtown Dallas on Wednesday and launched flaming debris onto nearby roads and buildings.

Witness Trystan Bright said "flames started going everywhere, debris was flying all over the freeway with fire attached to it, you know it was kind of scary. Everybody started trying to put their car in reverse, a couple of wrecks almost occurred."

Parts of Interstates 30 and 35 had to be shut down, making traffic a nightmare.

Fire crews had to wait until the explosions ended before they could attack and extinguish the fire.

Chief Eddie Burns of Dallas Fire-Rescue says "we have the facility surrounded and we are basically just in a defensive mode, where we are just containing the fire."

Three people were injured but there are no deaths reported and no one missing in this rubble.

Fire officials say the whole thing was caused by a faulty connector used to join acetylene tanks during the filling process.

Report by: WRCB TV