An explosion destroyed a building behind a church in Lewisville.
The duplex was owned by the Christian Community Actions, an organization that assists people who are in need.
Two Lewisville firefighters and a man who was inside the building at the time of the explosion were sent to area hospitals after the explosion, according to fire officials.
Debris of the home covered the roadway in the 500 block of East Main Street in Lewisville. The road has been shut down as emergency crews work near the scene.
Crews are put out hot spots at the location of the explosion. Atmos Energy crews assisted, along with fire crews from Lewisville, The Colony and Carrollton.
Witnesses said the explosion "felt like a bomb went off" and said they could feel the shockwave from blocks away.
"Honestly, I didn't see anything at first," said Danny Vigil, who lives in the area. "What I felt was a huge explosion. It was almost as if you were sitting in a movie, a big action movie -- you hear bombs going, that's what it sounded like."
"Pictures were rattling, falling onto the ground," he said. "The first thing I did was run out the front door -- ran all around because I thought some car hit our home. [I] ran to the back, I saw flames, smoke, debris in the air, shingles, branches. It was just an unbelievable sight."
"I was sitting at my desk whenever was a loud explosion," Dwayne Ryaman said. "[I] literally thought maybe an 18-wheeler had ran into my building at first," said .
"When I came out of my door, I immediately saw the black smoke and flames," he said. "I got a little bit closer to the scene, saw the debris that was strewn out in the middle of the street."
The man who was inside the duplex was critically injured and taken to Medical Center of Lewisville. He underwent surgery and was later airlifted to Medical Center of Plano, where he was in intensive care Friday night. He is expected to survive.
The injured firefighters were released from the hospital later Friday.
The reported location of the explosion was the site of a gas leak reported around 10 a.m. when a construction crew hit a 4-inch gas pipe.
Emergency crews at that time told NBC 5 they had the issue under control and that no evacuations were necessary.
When asked later by another NBC 5 reporter, fire officials said they had evacuated a block downwind of the gas leak.
NBC 5's Ellen Goldberg and Amanda Guerra contributed to this report.
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