Nancy Foster, Raul Moreno and Arthur Bryson were all flown to Dallas-area hospitals after a punctured gas line caused natural gas to seep into two area homes through sewer lines and explode on May 16 in homes along Fenet Street. Mrs. Foster died on July 27 at Parkland Hospital.

The suspects included a safety supervisor, a foreman and two employees, one of whom did the drilling that bored through the line and the other charged with locating the line that was hit that caused the leak. The case reports allege the suspects failed to notify emergency authorities by calling 911 after the line was struck.