T.D. Jakes says he Barely Avoided Gas Explosion at Home

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Bishop T.D. Jakes told the congregation at his church Sunday that a last-minute change of plans kept him from being killed in a natural gas explosion at his Fort Worth home last week, according to an Associated Press report.

At the Sunday service at The Potter's House in Oak Cliff, Jakes said that he would have been getting dressed near the site of the blast if he hadn't suddenly had a feeling that he should cancel a meeting.

Because of that, he was nowhere near the sunroom of his home when the explosion occurred.

According to a report by WFAA-TV (Channel 8), Jakes was in another home on the property at the time of the blast.

Lt. Ken Worley, spokesman for the Fort Worth Fire Department, told reporters at the time that the explosion appeared to be accidental but that no cause had been established.

The sunroom - originally a large patio that had been enclosed as part of a renovation - had a gas-fed pool heater and a large gas-fed barbecue grill, Worley said.

Damage was centered in the sunroom, and there did not appear to be any structural damage to the 15,000-square-foot home, he said.

There was no fire because the explosion consumed all the available gas, he said.

Source: Dallas Morning News

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