Two Fuel Storage Tanks Explode in Nacogdoches County
Posted/updated on: March 9, 2012 at 3:58 pm
NACOGDOCHES — Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s officials report that two fuel storage tanks ruptured and exploded just after 3:45 Thursday afternoon. According to KETK, the cause of the explosion on County Road 342 was not immediately determined. Sheriff Thomas Kerss says the Melrose, Chireno, and Swift/Shady Grove VFDs and the City of Nacogdoches Fire Department responded and contained the resulting fire before it spread to four other tanks located in the vicinity. Kerss says there were no injuries reported.
