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FORT WORTH, Texas — A lawsuit filed by an employee severely injured in last week’s explosion in downtown Fort Worth is suing the owners of Sandman Signature Hotel, its restaurant, and Atmos Energy for negligence, alleging employees alerted management of a natural gas odor, but there was no evacuation or other action taken in response. Maite Karen Lopez Ontiveros, 28, was at the epicenter of the blast and was the most seriously injured of the 21 people hurt in the gas-related explosion, according to the suit. She was an employee working in the kitchen of the Musume restaurant located in the bas…

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