Plano home explosion: Perspective from a pipeline safety expert “This house had to be almost full of natural gas to have exploded like this,” Pipeline safety expert Don Deaver said. Author: Mark Smith, Tanya Eiserer, Jason Trahan Published: 5:51 PM CDT July 20, 2021 Updated: 5:51 PM CDT July 20, 2021 PLANO, Texas — Many North Texas residents were shocked to see images of a home in Plano shredded to pieces after a probable natural gas leak Monday afternoon. WFAA talked with a pipeline safety expert to understand what factors could have led up to this. Plano Fire-Rescue investigators said Tuesday they believed the probable cause of the explosion that leveled the one-story home, injuring six, including three children, was an isolated gas leak within the home.