{"id":413676,"date":"2026-08-22T08:12:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T08:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/413676\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T08:12:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T08:12:33","slug":"teens-found-mans-body-inside-pipe-at-abandoned-power-plant-in-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/413676\/","title":{"rendered":"Teens found man\u2019s body inside pipe at abandoned power plant in Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A man&#8217;s body has been recovered after it was found inside a pipe at an abandoned power plant in Fort Worth on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fort Worth police officers and firefighters responded about 10 a.m. to the former TXU North Main Power Plant in the 400 block of N. Main St. after a caller reported seeing the body about 10 feet down inside a pipe, according to 911 call records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two teenagers exploring the building found the body. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office has not determined the cause or manner of death, though it appears the man probably fell down the pipe, according to a police source.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The medical examiner&#8217;s office will identify the man, who appears to have been <a data-ylk=\"slk:dead for some time;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/article\/news\/local\/tarrant-county\/body-found-inside-pipe-at-abandoned-fort-worth-power-plant-source-says\/287-2a1202b3-70e6-44c7-9fc6-7cc9552fcd55\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">dead for some time<\/a>, a source told Star-Telegram media partner WFAA-TV.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tarrant County College District police are leading the investigation, authorities said. The old power plant is in the Panther Island area north of downtown Fort Worth and the Trinity River.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <a data-ylk=\"slk:college has owned the property;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/local\/fort-worth\/article313002647.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">college has owned the property<\/a> since 2004 and tried to sell it last year as development interest grew related to Panther Island waterfront district.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A 27-year-old woman died when she <a data-ylk=\"slk:fell 50 feet down a shaft;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/local\/fort-worth\/article304422016.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">fell 50 feet down a shaft<\/a> near the plant in April 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\ud83d\udea8 More breaking news:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"> \u25fd\ufe0f Sign up for Star-Telegram <a data-ylk=\"slk:news alerts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/newsletters?newsletter=fortworth_breaking_newsletter\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">news alerts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Tarrant County College is working closely with Fort Worth Fire and Police to assess the current situation at the former TXU Power Plant,&#8221; a TCC spokesperson said in a statement on Wednesday. &#8220;Please avoid the area while Fort Worth Fire and Police conduct their investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Further details will be shared as information becomes available, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The plant was built in 1912 for Fort Worth Power &amp; Light. Its 265-foot smokestacks were steam-driven, using river water to generate electricity for neighboring homes, downtown buildings and the Stockyards&#8217; meatpacking operations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Staff writer Emerson Clarridge contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man&#8217;s body has been recovered after it was found inside a pipe at an abandoned power plant&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117,3737,31506,7535,29088,16161,94509],"class_list":["post-413676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-fort-worth-police","tag-medical-examiners-office","tag-panther-island","tag-power-plant","tag-star-telegram","tag-tarrant-county-medical-examiners-office"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}