Updated at 10 a.m. Monday: Revised to include the victim's name.

A woman died and at least five more people were injured Sunday afternoon when a crane fell into an Old East Dallas apartment building as storms pummeled the Dallas area.

Crews searching the Elan City Lights apartments found the woman inside an apartment after the crane crashed into the east side of the building, Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans said. Kiersten Symone Smith, 29, was later pronounced dead.

The other five people were hospitalized at Parkland Memorial Hospital and Baylor University Medical Center. Two were in critical condition and two in serious condition. The fifth person was treated for a minor injury and released, Evans said.

The crane, which was being used at a construction site next door, collapsed about 2 p.m. into the apartments and its parking garage in the 2600 block of Live Oak Street, near North Good-Latimer Expressway, Evans said.

Emergency crews helped evacuate residents and searched for people and pets who may have been trapped.

"We are currently working to help determine the scope of damage caused by the collapse, and consult with management on what they'll need to do going forward," Evans said in a written statement.

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Although the cause of the collapse has not been confirmed, powerful wind gusts up to about 70 mph were reported in the city and caused significant damage throughout the area. Close to 280,000 customers were without power in Dallas County alone, about a quarter of the Oncor customers there. About 46,000 customers had been without power in Denton, Collin and Tarrant counties in the evening.

Oncor estimated some customers could be without power for several days and had requested aid from other parts of the country to help restore service.

Workers with the apartment complex's management company, Greystar Worldwide, continued to work Sunday evening to account for all of the building's residents, but there were no reports that anyone was missing.

Toni Reeves, an executive director of real estate services for the company, spoke Sunday night at a news conference.

Reeves said all residents of the 468-unit building were out of the building and some pets had also been evacuated. The building was 94 percent occupied, she said.

Greystar's staff is helping displaced residents find housing, officials said.

"Our deepest thoughts and sympathies are with those impacted by this terrible tragedy," Greystar officials said in a written statement. "We will continue to work with local authorities to address the needs of our residents during this difficult time."

Dallas police were escorting residents back into the building to retrieve their belongings Monday.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was also at the complex Sunday to begin its investigation into the collapse.

"We are mobilizing personnel to the site to find out more and, of course, to fully cooperate with investigating authorities," Bigge Crane and Rigging Company representative Randy Smith said. "Our thoughts and prayers are with those directly impacted by this incident, their families and loved ones, and with those who suffered property damage."

Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax said the city does not inspect cranes but will be working with OSHA in its review of the incident to see if any additional steps could be taken in the future.

Some areas of the building remain structurally unstable and it was not clear Sunday night whether it will have to be demolished.

Dallas Fire-Rescue Chief Dominique Artis said the building owners and crane operators will get together to plan how to safely remove the crane from the structure.

'It felt like a year'

Yesenia Bosquez's family had moved into their top-floor apartment only two weeks before the crane came crashing through Sunday. She returned from a shopping trip to find her apartment, where she'd left her husband, Jay, to recover from a shoulder injury, crushed by the twisted metal.

It took about 30 minutes for authorities to tell her that her husband had been rescued and had been holding their dog while medics attended to his injuries.

"It felt like a year," Bosquez said.

Abbey Kearney and her husband, Shawn, were in their third-floor apartment when the sky suddenly darkened. She said they went out on their patio, which overlooks the pool, and saw umbrellas hurtling through the air.

The Kearneys watched as the crane fell, crushing apartments across from their patio.

"It was just like a knife through butter," Abbey Kearney said. "I'm still just shaking."

She said she was evacuated from her apartment, which was undamaged. She and her husband aren't sure when they'll be able to get back inside to retrieve their two cats or get their cars out of the parking garage.

In a photo Kearney took from the third floor of the parking garage, cars are scattered among the rubble. Some were flipped upside down, and others were nearly vertical.

Isaiah Allen was in his apartment when he heard what he thought was the loudest thunderclap he had ever heard but soon realized the noise had come from the collapsed crane.

"I saw that the crane had actually fallen straight through the building and had destroyed a good eight to 10 apartments and so there's like floors and stuff falling through," he said.

Allen said he saw a bloodied woman trapped in her apartment on the second floor.

Steven Cooney said he had been standing on his balcony watching debris fly off a building that was under construction when the crane fell right next to him.

He tried to go to the parking garage, but it had collapsed. As he was leaving the building, he saw injured people trapped on balconies, he said.

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Residents who had been evacuated gathered outside the building holding their pets and nothing else. Others said their pets were still inside.

Corey Lark and her husband weren't home when the crane collapsed, but their two dogs, George and Carlos, were.

Corey Lark gets emotional after being reunited with her dog, George, after a crane collapsed into the Elan City Lights apartments in Dallas on Sunday, June 9, 2019. (Shaban Athuman / Staff Photographer)

At 5 p.m., police went into her apartment to rescue their pets.

"I wasn't going to be OK until I had my dogs," she said.

Lark is worried that between her apartment and her storage unit on the building's fourth floor, she and her husband have lost all their belongings.

"My husband says we'll just rebuild," she said, wiping away tears.

Lucky to get out

Dallas-Fire Rescue said that though parts of the building were structurally sound, the property's management decided to evacuate the entire complex and had found accommodations for residents in hotels and was helping to set up a per diem system to help pay for food.

The nearby Latino Cultural Center was being used as a respite center for residents who were without power or in need. The city's Office of Emergency Management also had activated a command post at the center and was coordinating efforts with Dallas police, Dallas Fire-Rescue, the American Red Cross and the property's management.

Police closed streets around the area where the crane had collapsed. Good-Latimer Expressway was closed from Gaston Avenue to Live Oak Street and Live Oak Street was closed from Cantegral Street to Texas Street.

Joshua Gomez, 23, had been taking the trash from his third-floor apartment to the chute in the garage when a curtain of rubble came down in front of him.

He ran back to his apartment and found his dog, Lucky, cowering under the bed. He scooped up Lucky and ran outside, yelling to neighbors along the way.

He doesn't know where they'll stay tonight, or how they'll get there without his new truck, which was buried in the rubble.

"I just feel blessed, though," Gomez said. "Thank goodness I got out."

Resources for Elan City Lights residents

Residents and guests needing information about hotels and the per diem allowances, as well as other concerns may call 866-204-1483.

The apartment management company will be stationed Monday at the Latino Cultural Center to assist residents.

Resources for Dallas residents

Residents without power may visit the following libraries: Central Library, Hampton-Illinois, and Polk-Wisdom.

To report downed street and traffic lights as well as felled trees, call 311.

For power information and to report downed power lines, call Oncor at 888-313-4747

The city of Dallas is suspending all fines for putting storm debris out for pickup. Bulky trash pickup will continue as normal for June and will focus on debris removal in July.

Additional information may be found at dallascitynews.net

Staff writer Claire Z. Cardona and staff photographer Shaban Athuman contributed to this report.