At least three dead after fire destroys Dallas apartment complex

The incident was reported around 1:20 p.m. at a two-story apartment complex in the city's Oak Cliff neighborhood, Fox 4 reported.

Last week in Orange County, California, officials warned of a chemical blast threat that prompted evacuations of nearly 50,000 people.

Firefighters battled a large fire that erupted Thursday at an apartment complex in Dallas, where debris of one collapsed building lay heaped on the ground while flames and black smoke billowed into the sky.

A huge fire destroyed a two-storey block of flats in Dallas, Texas on Thursday, causing fatalities and injuring at least four people.